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Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger. -- Philip Emeagwali
I haven't spent years, like Alyse Nelson of Vital Voices, toiling for female economic empowerment on five continents. -- Tina Brown
Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him. -- Annie Lennox
When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa. -- Ban Ki-moon
Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency. -- Paul Rudd
I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world. -- Malala Yousafzai
If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus. -- Kinky Friedman
Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent. -- Henry Rollins
I've dreamed of being on the road, traveling and touring, for as long as I've been into doing music. It's what I live for. I just wanna be Willie Nelson. -- G-Eazy
I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done. -- Robin Williams
I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation. -- Bono
Today, I see thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Martin Luther Kings, and Nelson Mandelas marching forward and calling on us. The boys and girls have joined. I have joined in. We ask you to join, too. -- Kailash Satyarthi
From time to time, you have seminal personalities who really change the way the world sees itself - people like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela. Warren Buffett is that kind of person in the business world. -- Guy Spier
I've been a fan of old country music, like Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline. I think I'm drawn to it because of the sense of sadness and sort of loss that a lot of good old country music has. -- Sarah McLachlan
Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. -- Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere. -- Malala Yousafzai
The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela - they're all inspirational religious leaders and smart tacticians. It would be nice to find the Muslim Gandhi, wouldn't it? -- Dennis C. Blair
We're trained to see the world in terms of charismatic organizations and charismatic people. That's who we look to for leadership and change, for transformation. We're awaiting the next J.F.K., the next Martin Luther King, the next Gandhi, the next Nelson Mandela. -- Paul Hawken
One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes. -- Jack Canfield
I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells. -- B. B. King
I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change. -- Jody Williams
We'd go out in Larry's hippie van and drive out all around Dallas. He loved Chinese food, he'd go in and say. Remember me Major Nelson, me and my friends here are making this show called Dallas, have you got a table for us? It would work every time. -- Steve Kanaly
It was wicked meeting Nelson Mandela. -- Rio Ferdinand
Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors. -- Henry Rollins
Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all -- Kofi Annan
The world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us. -- Barack Obama
I believe that Willy Nelson is the hillbilly Dalai Lama. -- Kinky Friedman
The Michigan Republican primary apparently is tighter than Willie Nelson's headband. -- Dan Rather
It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela. -- Desmond Tutu
Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has... -- Murray Walker
Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level. -- Benmont Tench
Nelson Mandela also spoke about how, as a human being, he's made mistakes. -- Kumi Naidoo
I admire those old road dogs, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan. That's their life. -- Robbie Robertson
[Nelson] Mandela was very keen not to be understood as an exceptional person. -- Kumi Naidoo
I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson. -- Wanda Jackson
Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is. -- Brad Paisley
I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous. -- Shane McAnally
Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible. -- John Bonifaz
Hypertext, as Nelson [Ted Nelson] originally wrote, is interlinked reading and writing. Links make hypertext. -- Mark Bernstein
Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man. -- Ralph Steadman
Nelson Mandela can rot in prison until he dies or I die, whichever takes longer. -- P. W. Botha
Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star. -- Dee Dee Ramone
A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been. -- Murray Walker
Michael Phelps and Willie Nelson are teaming up to do an album. ... They're covering The Doobie Brothers. -- Reba McEntire
History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation -- William J. Clinton
As a world leader who refused to accept injustice, Nelson Mandela's courage helped change our entire world -- Salil Shetty
Nelson Mandela and myself had a wonderful relationship - he was a special man and will be missed. -- Donald Trump
The typical fund company services 401k plan participants in the same way that Baby Face Nelson serviced banks. -- William J. Bernstein
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004] -- Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela is a leader Barack Obama should try to emulate... He could start by spending 27 years in prison. -- Don Imus
Long before Wesley Snipes decided he didn't need to pay the IRS, Willie Nelson was dodging the tax men. -- Shawn Amos
Life had a funny way of kicking you in the gut when you weren't looking.~Torn~ by S. Nelson -- S Nelson*
What made Nelson Mandela great, was precisely what made him human. We saw in him, what we seek in ourselves. -- Jacob Zuma
You might be a redneck if you have a picture of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, or Elvis over your fireplace. -- Jeff Foxworthy
Nelson Mandela once said "I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I'm not going to protest." -- Kumi Naidoo
One thing we are sure of is there's no one like Nelson Mandela out there. That's too bad for us. -- Kinky Friedman
Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it. -- Merle Haggard
We don't have politicians with dignity and morals. We never have, not since [Nelson] Mandela and [Mahatma ] Gandhi. It's really rare. -- Marina Abramovic
Why don't we have people like Thich Nhat Hanh or Marshall Rosenberg and Nelson Mandela solving violent situations in a peaceful way? -- Sandra Cisneros
Nelson Mandela was a towering figure in our time; a legend in life and now in death - a true global hero -- David Cameron
You'd hear Willie Nelson, then Earth, Wind & Fire, then Chicago, then Billy Joel on the same radio station. Nowadays, everything is compartmentalized. -- Brian McKnight
When I was really little, I listened to Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrel, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, and Patsy Cline. -- Laura Bell Bundy
If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different sort. -- Charley Pride
I'm well aware that the Nelson Mandelas and the Winston Churchills of the world happened by accident. They usually come out of nowhere. -- Kinky Friedman
A prosthetic leg with a Willie Nelson bumper sticker washed ashore on the beach, which meant it was Florida. Then it got weird. -- Tim Dorsey
It was spine tingling, actually, when you saw how people kept saying, "Release Nelson Mandela," and meaning really, "Release all of our political prisoners." -- Desmond Tutu
Any questions I had about whether a redneck from Oklahoma could become a Brown Classical Philosophy professor ended when I met Tim [Blake Nelson]. -- Edward Norton
Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should learn from him. -- Ian Astbury
If I could ask for any life, I'd like to be the lead singer and guitarist for Willie Nelson & Family. That is to say, Willie. -- Todd Lowe
I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is. -- Rory Bremner
I think even though he [Nelson Mandela] was feted and praised as he was, he always was at pains to say, I'm a human being. -- Kumi Naidoo
Kiss me, Hardy!' Weren't those Nelson's last words at the Battle of Trafalgar? Don't cry. We're still alive and we make a sensational team. -- Elizabeth Wein
In The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson turns 'making the personal public' into a romantic, intellectual wet dream. A gorgeous book, inventive, fearless, and full of heart. -- Kim Gordon
Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that of Nelson's Column - pigeons dump on you because you're there. -- Peter Gavin Hall
Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that of Nelson's Column - pigeons dump on you because you're there. -- Peter Gavin Hall
Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he refused to give up. -- Barack Obama
In Durban, where I was born and grew up, and all over Africa, Nelson Mandela was a hero! Now he is a hero to the world. -- Kumi Naidoo
True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions. They live like Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela -- Israelmore Ayivor
Whenever anybody called Nelson Mandela a saint, he would say: "If by saint you mean a sinner who is trying to be better, then I'm a saint." -- Kumi Naidoo
I love most 70's song writers, not so much outlaw, but really those 70's guys. I'm a big fan of Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, those guys. -- Bryan Hayes
I like people who are minimalist with their words. Jack Nicholson thinks a lot then says something, and it's always spot on. Nelson Mandela is the same. -- David A. Stewart
True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions". They live like Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela... -- Israelmore Ayivor
Farm Aid was started in 1985 by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews as a concert to support small local farms in the U.S. -- Rebecca Pidgeon
I laughed at Willie Nelson, wondering why he spends all his life on that tour bus. And I look at myself, and I'm sitting in airplanes half the time. -- Del Shannon
In the winter I was with Nelson Piquet. He was talking about his capacity to race faster. He said that he was still learning new things all the time. -- Jean Alesi
Nelson Mandela was a man of incomparable honor, unconquerable strength, and unyielding resolve---a saint to many, a hero to all who treasure liberty, freedom and the dignity of humankind. -- Morgan Freeman
A lot of controversy over this possible invasion of Iraq. In fact, Nelson Mandela was so upset, he called Bush's dad. How embarrassing, when world leaders start calling your father. -- Jay Leno
Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops. -- Hari Kunzru
Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable. -- Toni Morrison
Most people think that George Nelson, Charles Eames and Eliot Noyes invented industrial design. That is, of course, an exaggeration. George did it without any assistance from the other two. -- Bill N. Lacy
Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison. -- George Foreman
My greatest hero is Nelson Mandela. What a man. Incarcerated for 25 years, he was released in 1990 and he hasn't reoffended. I think he's going straight, which shows you prison does work. -- Ricky Gervais
From Nelson county we went to Logan county to see some relatives we had there, and after staying until the middle of October, I returned alone to my home in Missouri. -- Jesse James
I was terrified, terrified in Songwriter, because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. I mean, forget it. I was so terrified. -- Lesley Ann Warren
Ever since Willie Nelson brought rednecks into an alliance with hippies back in the psychedelic '70s, Austin has milked its quirky libertarian spirit for a worldwide bonanza of free publicity. -- Douglas Brinkley
Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some improvisational stuff and we used to get laughs and things. -- Barry Levinson
I'd just gotten into Los Angeles from Texas, where I live, and the phone rang and it was the guy calling about the Willie Nelson video. I was totally excited about it. -- Corin Nemec
Our father taught us how to play. He's also our biggest inspiration and he opened our ears to a lot of older music, like Richie Valens, Chuck Berry, Willie Nelson, and Fats Domino. -- Henry Garza
What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world. -- Idris Elba
Leaving golf aside for the moment, I'd choose Roger Federer as a sporting role model, Muhammad Ali for a sporting and non-sporting role model and Nelson Mandela as a true and lasting inspiration. -- Rory McIlroy
One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion. -- Joan Armatrading
Golf took young kids like Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and myself out of the caddie ranks and gave us money and a little bit of fame and let us live in the tall cotton. -- Jimmy Demaret
Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela announced Tuesday he will begin writing his autobiography. He spent 25 years in prison before being elected to public office. In America, we do it the other way around. -- Argus Hamilton
As president, I watched in wonder as Nelson Mandela had the remarkable capacity to forgive his jailers following 26 years of wrongful imprisonment - setting a powerful example of redemption and grace for us all. -- George H. W. Bush
Of course, Nelson Mandela, everybody knows Nelson Mandela. I mean, he's a great gift not only for Africa but for the whole world, actually. But do not expect everybody to be a Nelson Mandela. -- Mo Ibrahim
I've tended to lean more toward the Dalai Lama and people like Russell Means who have been my political and spiritual North Stars, but I certainly regard Nelson Mandela with great respect and humility. -- Ian Astbury
We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be reminded, over and over again, about our own best selves. -- Charlie Pierce
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness. -- Dick Gephardt
Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president. -- Gail Kelly
Given lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for the United States, he found his patron in Nelson Rockefeller instead of William Paley. -- Lewis H. Lapham
And Barry Levinson is insanely funny. I don't know if you know this, not everyone does, but he and Craig T. Nelson were a comedy team back in the coffeehouse days of the late '60s. -- Kevin Pollak
I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the Labour party in Nelson, militant as that was. I came to London and in a few months I was a Trotskyist. -- C. L. R. James
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future." -Nelson Mandela -- Michael Gallegos Borresen
Around the world, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term. It takes more than a single president. It takes more than a single individual. -- Barack Obama
I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas. --George W. Bush, on the former South African president, who is still very much alive, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007 -- George W. Bush
What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content. -- Gabriel Byrne
I think the most moving part of my trip [to Africa] so far was seeing 92-year-old Nelson Mandela, and just thinking about his life. This man has lived through a struggle that few nations have known. -- Michelle Obama
There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul! -- Tyler Perry
Retaliation retards your excellence. Nelson Mandela would not have been named as a great man if not for his courage to forgive those who schemed and plotted it for him to spend those 10000 bitter days in prison. -- Israelmore Ayivor
Nelson's Mandela own sense of himself was a very humble reading, [different] from how the world read him. And, quite often, you had the sense that he was not comfortable with all the accolades that would be. -- Kumi Naidoo

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