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There are very few institutions that give prizes to people who may not have got to be number one, but are possibly better at coaxing the best out of others.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean never being scared it means acting as you know you must even though you are undeniably afraid.
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Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.
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Forgiveness is abandoning your right to revenge.
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Naming a center after a person who is still alive can make it seem that an individual somehow on their own was able to accomplish what he accomplished.
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Nuclear abolition is the democratic wish of the world's people, and has been our goal almost since the dawn of the atomic age. Together, we have the power to decide whether the nuclear era ends in a bang or worldwide celebration.
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Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.
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We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.
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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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Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference.
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If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn’t worship that God.
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To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.
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When you are in love you strive to do the things that will please your lover.
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The leaders that the world admires seem almost all to be people who haven't had things quite so smooth or easy in their lives.
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Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity.
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You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.
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To be impartial... is indeed to have taken sides already... with the status quo.
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All people would really want peace and all would want to be sure that they would not be taken advantage of.
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