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Desmond Tutu Quotes: I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote...
         

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote...


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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.



When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.



Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.



Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.



You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.



If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.



Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.



To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.



Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.



You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.





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Would you favor me with a dance?" Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. "Have we met before, Lady?

Would you favor me with a dance?" Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. "Have we met before, Lady?



Make a change! It's all about you! You may not be able to prevent the bird from flying over your head

Make a change! It's all about you! You may not be able to prevent the bird from flying over your head



A moment can be left inside the memory of time.

A moment can be left inside the memory of time.



When you step on the first tee it doesn't matter what you look like. ... It doesn't help your 5-iron if you're pretty.

When you step on the first tee it doesn't matter what you look like. ... It doesn't help your 5-iron if you're pretty.



And Watford acknowledge the support of the crowd, indeed of the crowd that supported them

And Watford acknowledge the support of the crowd, indeed of the crowd that supported them



I probably hit the ball as far today as I did 40 years ago. That just shouldn't be.

I probably hit the ball as far today as I did 40 years ago. That just shouldn't be.



Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.

Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.



If any Question why We Died Tell them because our Father's Lied.

If any Question why We Died Tell them because our Father's Lied.



Everyone in life has a purpose, and nobody's purpose is better than anyone else's

Everyone in life has a purpose, and nobody's purpose is better than anyone else's




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