"Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace."

-- Solomon Ibn Gabirol

“To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.”

Source : William Cobbett (1829). “Advice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young Women, in the middle and higher ranks of life. In a series of letters, etc”, p.47
“None dare challenge me when i say i am an Afrikan.”

Source : Thabo Mbeki (1998). “Africa: the time has come : selected speeches”
“Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy.”
“The American Indians were Communists. They were. Every anthropologist will tell you they were Communists. No rich, no poor. If somebody needed something the community chipped in.”
“The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.”
“Sometimes I wonder if the lessons in life will ever stop but then why would you want to remain ignorant?”
“Politics is a contact sport.”
“The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. And most people are concerned about growing old rather than being effective.”

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