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“The export of oil, the export of minerals, will for many decades continue to be a critical part for the growth of African economies. The emphasis is on diversification. We have for many years - not just in South Africa but in many parts of the continent - spoken about beneficiation. And I think part of the secret, in relation to beneficiation, is you have got to make it attractive, profitable for the private sector - and it will take off. You may have to look at mechanisms like tax concessions... You will not have to worry about beneficiation if it makes commercial sense.”
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“I am the kind of person that is drawn to colors against my will.”
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“I do idiosyncratic dramedies.”
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“When all else fails, go for the ego.”
Source : Val McDermid (1994). “Crack Down”, Scribner
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“Television is just like making a hole in the wall. All kinds of stuff comes in, on the screen, that we would never allow to come in through the door.”
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“I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.”
Source : Speech to the Athenians, 432 b.c.; cited in Heinl, Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations (1966).
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“But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.”
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“If I told you about a land of love...would you swallow it as a remedy?”
Source : Yunus Emre, “If I Told You About A Land Of Love”
