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Small: At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as bei
Charlize Theron
"At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: Primarily Im a social commentator rather than someone whos out to get the belly laugh
"Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the d
"I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the dialogue and find new ways of seeing things"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas
"I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: There is only one way in which one can endure mans inhumanity to man and that is to try, in ones own life, to
"There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man"
Alan Paton, Novelist
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Small: God forgives us... who am I not to forgive?
"God forgives us... who am I not to forgive?"
Alan Paton, Novelist
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Small: Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth t
"Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much"
Alan Paton, Novelist
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Small: Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm t
"Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character
"I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: You cant undo a deportation
"You can't undo a deportation"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that Id published
"On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit
"Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: Im happy for people who want to get married. Its not my thing
Charlize Theron
"I'm happy for people who want to get married. It's not my thing"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: I think of myself as a highly sexual creature
Charlize Theron
"I think of myself as a highly sexual creature"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: I think in life we want to challenge ourselves
Charlize Theron
"I think in life we want to challenge ourselves"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I thi
Charlize Theron
"I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I think it's maybe because I grew up on that old glamour"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not li
Charlize Theron
"I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not like the movie. It was very upsetting for me. I am very sensitive to that, because I am portraying her life and did not want her to be unhappy"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: I guess there are very few actors that Ive worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think y
Charlize Theron
"I guess there are very few actors that I've worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think you'll have that chance and, if we didn't do Italian Job together, there wouldn't be another one that could be right"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and m
Charlize Theron
"At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: And I do think that earlier in my career, I did make a very conscious decision to make sure that I was doing w
Charlize Theron
"And I do think that earlier in my career, I did make a very conscious decision to make sure that I was doing work that wasn't necessarily given to me, and that people didn't necessarily think that I would be able to do"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how
Charlize Theron
"And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquette was back then for a lady. All of those things are like putting on a wig and transforming yourself, which I love"
Charlize Theron, Actress
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Small: If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didnt concern the central issues, it wouldnt be worth publishing
"If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing"
Alan Paton, Novelist
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Small: But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefor
"But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power"
Alan Paton, Novelist
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Small: It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harms way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the l
"It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration"
Dave Matthews, Musician
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Small: How could I have been anyone other than me?
"How could I have been anyone other than me?"
Dave Matthews, Musician
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Small: Whats much harder is taking on people in your own community
"What's much harder is taking on people in your own community"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them
"I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor
"Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor"
Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist
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Small: Weve never played at this place before. This place is big, and Im kinda nervous, so were going to make it feel
"We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending we're in a... bedroom. We'll hang off the edge of the bed, take off our shoes and get naked!"
Dave Matthews, Musician
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Small: Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything
"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything"
Dave Matthews, Musician
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Small: I cant believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I cant believe
"I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been"
Dave Matthews, Musician
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Small: It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick i
"It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal"
Breyten Breytenbach, Writer
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Small: In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlig
"In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear"
Breyten Breytenbach, Writer
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Small: Tomorrow is no place to place your better days
"Tomorrow is no place to place your better days"
Dave Matthews, Musician
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Small: A friend is always good to have, but a lovers kiss is better than angels raining down on me
"A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me"
Dave Matthews, Musician
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Small: Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to i
"Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War"
Breyten Breytenbach, Writer
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Small: Ill lean on you and you lean on me and well be okay
"I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay"
Dave Matthews, Musician
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Small: The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful)
"The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's interests"
Breyten Breytenbach, Writer
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Small: It would be a tragic mistake for us out here to imagine that Bush represents the hearts and the minds of the m
"It would be a tragic mistake for us out here to imagine that Bush represents the hearts and the minds of the majority of your countrymen. Many of your black and other compatriots must be just as anguished as we are"
Breyten Breytenbach, Writer
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Small: Ive always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pull
"I've always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart - couldn't put 'em back, but always extremely interested in how things work"
Craig Johnston, Athlete
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