"Language is very powerful. Language does not just……" — Desmond Tutu
"Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes."
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Desmond Tutu
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267 Quotes by Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu has 267 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be…
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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.…
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state…
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an…
— Kevin Bacon
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous…
— Alan Ball
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I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work…
— Ernie Banks
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The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
— Scott Adams
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
— Melody Beattie
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All oppression creates a state of war.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty…
— Jeff Bezos
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One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.
— Lewis Black
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