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Desmond Tutu has 270 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Beware when you take on the Church of God. Others have tried and have bitten the dust.
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We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only…
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When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.
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Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead of enjoying…
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We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.
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Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction,…
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My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."
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Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be…
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When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news…
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If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening.
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Dream! Dream! And then go for it!
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We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about. It is…
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I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved…
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I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has…
— Dave Brubeck
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So they were turning, after all - those cameras. Life, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Norma Desmond. The…
— Gloria Swanson
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I think there’s a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or…
— Jody Williams
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Sometimes I get the feeling that there are orgies going on all over new York City, and somebody says, `Let's call Desmond,'…
— Paul Desmond
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Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.
— Eddie Condon
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Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a…
— Anna Chlumsky
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Sometimes strident, often tender, never afraid and seldom without humour, Desmond Tutu's voice will always be the voice of the voiceless.
— Nelson Mandela
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I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into…
— Jim Wallis
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As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.
— Boz Scaggs
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I haven't watched anything I've been in since I've done it. I have never put in a movie at home that I've…
— Helen Hunt
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Desmond, don't poke the baby!'... 'I'll get you next time-' Don't threaten the baby either!'...
— Derek Landy
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