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In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#against #apartheid #beings #children #classification

The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy. ↗

— Ted Turner

#concentrated #control #few #few people #five

So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart. ↗

— Tina Turner

#ago #because #been #came #could

I don't hate myself anymore. I used to hate my work, hated that sexy image, hated those pictures of me onstage, hated that big raunchy person. Onstage, I'm acting the whole time I'm there. As soon as I get out of those songs, I'm Tina again. ↗

— Tina Turner

#again #anymore #big #get #hate

I was always attracted to science fiction movies. ↗

— Tina Turner

#attracted #fiction #i #movies #science

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author. ↗

— Scott Turow

#burden #carry #proof #prosecutor #really

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. ↗

— Mark Twain

#boards #first #god #idiots #made

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ↗

— Mark Twain

#any #die #fear #follows #fully

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. ↗

— Mark Twain

#country #either #freedom #freedom of speech #god

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know. ↗

— Mark Twain

#answer #did #gratified #i #know