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Desmond Tutu Quotes: I wish that we did have a magic wand which we could wave and hey presto! Magic! Unfortunately life is not like that.
         

I wish that we did have a magic wand which we could wave and hey presto! Magic! Unfortunately life is not like that.


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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.



When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.



Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.



Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.



You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.



If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.



Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.



To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.



Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.



You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.





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If you fall, rise up, shake off the dust and try again.



If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.

If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.



If you cannot be a sun that illuminates the light, be a moon that never tires of reflecting the light.

If you cannot be a sun that illuminates the light, be a moon that never tires of reflecting the light.



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I'm working and it's great. Life's great. Believe me on that. So what if I had a stroke? I'm getting on with things.



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Be unswervingly and eternally loyal to the story.



You can't equate the game we play to a war. Kellen Winslow said he's a soldier. No, he's not. This is not a war...not a good comparison.

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I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.

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Full oft we see Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.

Full oft we see Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.




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