"Same sex marriage is a disgrace to the nation and to God. When I was growing up, â€˜ungqingiliâ€™ [homosexuals in isiZulu] could not stand in front of me, I would knock him out."

-- Jacob Zuma

#Sex Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Disgrace Quotes

“He travels the fastest who travels alone.”
“Death is so preoccupied with life, that is has no time for anything else.”

Source : "Itch of Wisdom". Book by Mikhail Turovsky, 1986.
“Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.”
“I come from a middle class background. I have travelled a lot by trains and have lived in the world. It is a world I cannot get away from; I would not even want to.”
“You have to be very productive in order to become excellent.Â You have to go through a poor period and a mediocre period, and then you move into your excellent period.Â It may be very well be that some of you have done quite a bit of writing already. You maybe ready to move into your good period and your excellent period.Â But you shouldn't be surprised if it becomes a very long process.”
“Commitment is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.”
“You are alive tonight for a reason. You were created to love and to be loved. You were not meant to be alone. You are not alone. You were meant to do life with other people. You need people who know you. You need to know people. Your voice matters. We are certainly strong. But we are also certainly fragile.”
“Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!I am so weary of toil and of tears,-Toil without recompense, tears all in vain!Take them, and give me my childhood again!”

Source : Elizabeth Akers Allen, “Rock Me To Sleep”

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