"One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure"

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"

"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"

"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself"

"A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience"

"A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says that someone pushed him"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"