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Small: There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice
"There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out perhaps the poets are right when they try to
"Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it"
Olive Schreiner, Writer
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Small: A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings
"A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand
"It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand"
Olive Schreiner, Writer
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Small: Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps youve made sense of one small area
"Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: People give one another things that cant be gift wrapped
"People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: Time is change we measure its passing by how much things alter
"Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: I cannot live with someone who cant live without me
"I cannot live with someone who can't live without me"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: From Ernest Hemingways stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters
"From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and ph
"Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist"
Olive Schreiner, Writer
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Small: Men are like the earth and we are the moon we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other,
"Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it - but there is"
Olive Schreiner, Writer
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Small: The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be
"The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb
"Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap bet
"Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on paper
"How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on paper"
Olive Schreiner, Writer
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Small: The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the minds eye on
"The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurses knees. We will be equal again when they tie up ou
"We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep"
Olive Schreiner, Writer
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Small: Truth isnt always beauty, but the hunger for it is
"Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: The facts are always less than what really happened
"The facts are always less than what really happened"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist
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Small: Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to
Zola Budd
"Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town"
Zola Budd, Athlete
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Small: Looking back... its hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years.
Zola Budd
"Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small"
Zola Budd, Athlete
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Small: I found them uncomfortable and after that I decided to continue running barefoot because I found it more comfo
Zola Budd
"I found them uncomfortable and after that I decided to continue running barefoot because I found it more comfortable. I felt more in touch with what was happening - I could actually feel the track"
Zola Budd, Athlete
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Small: We believe the currently one cannot speak of a revolutionary situation, just as there is no concrete possibili
"We believe the currently one cannot speak of a revolutionary situation, just as there is no concrete possibilities of an immediate and comprehensive assumption of power by the people"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: Its not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploi
"It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: But as you say, the fundamental stumbling block is the question of the future of the economy. And its not just
"But as you say, the fundamental stumbling block is the question of the future of the economy. And it's not just the sort of economic laboratory question, of what kind of system would best generate growth, which is the way it's presented"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population.
"We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla
"Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: As a result, ways out of the crisis are being intensively searched for at all levels - ways, which, however, a
"As a result, ways out of the crisis are being intensively searched for at all levels - ways, which, however, aim at maintaining the whites' control over the country"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea-shops
Zola Budd
"I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea-shops"
Zola Budd, Athlete
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Small: I have strong views about South African politics and I still dont feel I need to make public statements
Zola Budd
"I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements"
Zola Budd, Athlete
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Small: When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldnt expect a bouquet of roses from her the mornin
"When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology
"Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989
"Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fr
"One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: One of the regimes most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country
"One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: I think it is tragic that a situation should arise where civilians on any side are killed. But it is almost a
"I think it is tragic that a situation should arise where civilians on any side are killed. But it is almost a cliche to say that it is virtually unavoidable and this isn't unique to us alone"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: Eventually, it is found out but it takes time especially in the conditions when communication is difficult, wh
"Eventually, it is found out but it takes time especially in the conditions when communication is difficult, when the enemy is making it extremely awkward for information to come out, to go"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: You cant go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but youve got to keep it over your shoulder
"You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists
"There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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Small: The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either cons
"The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement"
Joe Slovo, Politician
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