All Quotes By Tag: African
“I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I’ve been trained to write, I do that as a defense against total despair. And seeing people like you, who are actively engaged in trying to salvage pieces of our wrecked lives, gives me hope that after all we are not alone.”
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“More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling in mud.”
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thoughtful,
underweight,
watch-what-you-eat,
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weight-to-height,
weightlifter,
weightlifting,
workout,
“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human being or pretending to be pained by that.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
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casket,
caskets,
coffin,
coffins,
condition,
conditioning,
conform,
conformity,
crocodile-tears,
cultural-conditioning,
culture,
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death,
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deception,
deep,
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sociologist,
sociologists,
sociology,
south-africa,
south-african,
tear,
tears,
the-deceased,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
“For a sane person to sincerely be happy that someone has succeeded, they have to either be profiting or likely to profit from that person’s success, or be that person.”
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adages,
advantage,
africa,
african,
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sayings,
sincere,
sincerely,
south-africa,
south-african,
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success,
successful,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
unhappiness,
unhappy,
“The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only person who someone is sleeping with does not necessarily mean that he or she loves you.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
axiom,
axioms,
boyfriend,
boyfriends,
cheat,
cheater,
cheaters,
cheating,
deep,
dictum,
dictums,
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epigrams,
extramarital,
faithful,
faithfulness,
fidelity,
foreplay,
funny,
girlfriend,
girlfriends,
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gnomes,
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hatred,
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humour,
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lovers,
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loyalty,
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make-you-think,
marriage,
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maxims,
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monogamy,
philosopher,
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player,
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polygamy,
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sexual-intercourse,
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slut,
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south-african,
spouse,
spouses,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
two-time,
two-timer,
two-timers,
two-timing,
wife,
wives,
“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
avenge,
axiom,
axioms,
deep,
dictum,
dictums,
enemies,
enemy,
epigram,
epigrams,
fair,
fairness,
foe,
foes,
friend,
friends,
funny,
gnome,
gnomes,
hate,
hated,
hater,
haters,
hating,
humor,
humorous,
humour,
injustice,
insightful,
justice,
likelihood,
likely,
love,
loving,
made-me-think,
make-you-think,
maxim,
maxims,
philosopher,
profound,
proverb,
proverbs,
provoke-thought,
quotation,
quotations,
quote,
quote-of-the-day,
quotes,
requited-hate,
requited-love,
revenge,
rival,
rivals,
satire,
satirical,
saying,
sayings,
south-africa,
south-african,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
tit-for-tat,
unfair,
unfairness,
unrequited,
unrequited-hate,
unrequited-hatred,
unrequited-love,
“Some people will hate you for not loving them.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
axiom,
axioms,
boyfriend,
boyfriends,
chase,
court,
courtship,
crush,
crushes,
crushing,
date,
dating,
deep,
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dictums,
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epigrams,
funny,
girlfriend,
girlfriends,
gnome,
gnomes,
hate,
hated,
hating,
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humour,
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husbands,
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lovers,
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make-you-think,
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philosopher,
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relationships,
requited-hate,
requited-love,
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sayings,
south-africa,
south-african,
spouse,
spouses,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
unrequited,
unrequited-hate,
unrequited-hatred,
unrequited-love,
wife,
wives,
“A seemingly simple task like taking a bath or wearing a condom feels like multitasking to someone who suffers from hemiplegia or has only one hand.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
axiom,
axioms,
bath,
bathe,
bathing,
baths,
complex,
complicated,
condom,
condoms,
contraceptive,
contraceptives,
cripple,
crippled,
deep,
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dictums,
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disabled,
easy,
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epigrams,
foreplay,
funny,
gnome,
gnomes,
hand,
hands,
hemiplegia,
hemiplegic,
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humorous,
humour,
insightful,
made-me-think,
make-you-think,
maxim,
maxims,
multitask,
multitasking,
on-the-pill,
philosopher,
prevent,
prevention,
profound,
proverb,
proverbs,
provoke-thought,
put-on,
quotation,
quotations,
quote,
quote-of-the-day,
quotes,
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satirical,
saying,
sayings,
sex,
sexual-intercourse,
sexuality,
shower,
showering,
simple,
south-africa,
south-african,
stroke,
strokes,
suffer,
suffering,
suffers,
take-a-bath,
take-a-shower,
task,
tasks,
the-pill,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
wear,
wearing,
“More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all of the things that we can do … and pretty much all of the things that we cannot do.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
axiom,
axioms,
deep,
dictum,
dictums,
epigram,
epigrams,
funny,
gnome,
gnomes,
humor,
humorous,
humour,
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impossible,
insightful,
inspiration,
inspirational,
inspirational-speaker,
inspirational-speakers,
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jobs,
lie,
lies,
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make-you-think,
maxim,
maxims,
money,
motivated,
motivation,
motivational,
motivational-speaker,
motivational-speakers,
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philosopher,
possibility,
possible,
profound,
proverb,
proverbs,
provoke-thought,
quotation,
quotations,
quote,
quote-of-the-day,
quotes,
satire,
satirical,
saying,
sayings,
south-africa,
south-african,
speak,
speaker,
speakers,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
work,
working,
“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
axiom,
axioms,
birth,
births,
casket,
caskets,
choice,
choices,
choose,
cling,
coffin,
coffins,
death,
deaths,
deed,
deeds,
deep,
dictum,
dictums,
end-result,
end-results,
epigram,
epigrams,
exist,
existence,
exists,
funeral,
funerals,
funny,
give-up,
gnome,
gnomes,
hold-on,
humor,
humorous,
humour,
immortal,
immortality,
insightful,
let-go,
life,
live,
made-me-think,
make-you-think,
maxim,
maxims,
mortal,
mortality,
never-give-up,
philosopher,
pregnancy,
pregnant,
profound,
proverb,
proverbs,
provoke-thought,
quotation,
quotations,
quote,
quote-of-the-day,
quotes,
result,
results,
satire,
satirical,
saying,
sayings,
south-africa,
south-african,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
“Some people would have killed themselves and/or someone else if they were single; and some people would not have done that.”
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adage,
adages,
advice,
advisor,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
argue,
argument,
arguments,
axiom,
axioms,
boyfriend,
boyfriends,
counsel,
counselling,
counselor,
counselors,
date,
dating,
deep,
dictum,
dictums,
divorce,
divorced,
epigram,
epigrams,
fight,
fights,
funny,
girlfriend,
girlfriends,
gnome,
gnomes,
homicide,
homicides,
humor,
humorous,
humour,
insightful,
kill,
killed,
killer,
killers,
love,
lover,
lovers,
made-me-think,
make-you-think,
man,
marriage,
married,
marry,
maxim,
maxims,
men,
philosopher,
profound,
proverb,
proverbs,
provoke-thought,
quotation,
quotations,
quote,
quote-of-the-day,
quotes,
relationship,
relationships,
satire,
satirical,
saying,
sayings,
single,
singles,
singleton,
singletons,
south-africa,
south-african,
spouse,
spouses,
suicide,
suicides,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
woman,
women,
“Bigheadedness is usually a symptom of small-mindedness.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
arrogance,
arrogant,
axiom,
axioms,
bigheaded,
bigheadedness,
deep,
dictum,
dictums,
epigram,
epigrams,
funny,
gnome,
gnomes,
humble,
humbled,
humility,
humor,
humorous,
humour,
insightful,
made-me-think,
make-you-think,
maxim,
maxims,
philosopher,
profound,
proverb,
proverbs,
provoke-thought,
quotation,
quotations,
quote,
quote-of-the-day,
quotes,
satire,
satirical,
saying,
sayings,
small-minded,
small-mindedness,
south-africa,
south-african,
symptom,
symptoms,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
annoy,
annoying,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
axiom,
axioms,
big-words,
bombast,
bombastic,
child,
children,
deep,
dictum,
dictums,
epigram,
epigrams,
funny,
gnome,
gnomes,
grownup,
grownups,
humor,
humorous,
humour,
insightful,
intelligence,
intelligent,
irritate,
irritated,
irritating,
kid,
kids,
made-me-think,
make-you-think,
maxim,
maxims,
offspring,
parent,
parents,
philosopher,
pompous,
profound,
proverb,
proverbs,
provoke-thought,
quotation,
quotations,
quote,
quote-of-the-day,
quotes,
satire,
satirical,
saying,
sayings,
show-off,
south-africa,
south-african,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
unintelligent,
“Not everyone who talks less or keeps quiet whenever they are with or around you does that because they find you interesting or knowledgeable; some people do that because they find you boring or ignorant.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
axiom,
axioms,
bore,
boring,
deep,
dictum,
dictums,
epigram,
epigrams,
funny,
gnome,
gnomes,
humor,
humorous,
humour,
ignoramus,
ignorance,
ignorant,
insightful,
interest,
interested,
interesting,
keep-quiet,
knowledge,
knowledgeable,
listen,
listening,
made-me-think,
make-you-think,
maxim,
maxims,
philosopher,
profound,
proverb,
proverbs,
provoke-thought,
quotation,
quotations,
quote,
quote-of-the-day,
quotes,
satire,
satirical,
saying,
sayings,
silence,
silent,
south-africa,
south-african,
talk,
talk-less,
talking,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
“Most men would no longer enjoy conversing with most women if they stopped bringing their vaginas along.”
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adage,
adages,
africa,
african,
aphorism,
aphorisms,
axiom,
axioms,
conversation,
converse,
conversing,
deceive,
deception,
deep,
dictum,
dictums,
enjoy,
enjoyed,
enjoyment,
epigram,
epigrams,
funny,
gnome,
gnomes,
humor,
humorous,
humour,
insightful,
made-me-think,
make-you-think,
man,
maxim,
maxims,
men,
philosopher,
profound,
proverb,
proverbs,
provoke-thought,
quotation,
quotations,
quote,
quote-of-the-day,
quotes,
satire,
satirical,
saying,
sayings,
sex,
sexual-intercourse,
south-africa,
south-african,
speak,
talk,
thought-provoking,
thoughtful,
vagina,
vaginas,
woman,
women,