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We can enjoy a self-assurance that doesn't depend on the state of things outside ourselves, be it downturns or booms or whatever.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Revenge has a way of corroding you, the revenger. You know it doesn't heal you.
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The reprisal against the suicide bomber does not bring peace. There is a suicide bomber, a reprisal and then a counter-reprisal. And it just goes on and on.
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