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In South Africa, success never presented the problems that it presents in New York. In New York, if you happen to be the flavor of the month, a lot of nonsense comes with it into your life.

~Athol Fugard

Topics: Africa Flavor Happen Life Lot Month Never New New York Nonsense Presented Presents Problems South South Africa Success York You Your

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I think all of my writing life led up to the writing of 'The Train Driver' because it deals with my own inherited blindness and guilt and all of what being a white South African in South Africa during those apartheid years meant.

~Athol Fugard

Topics: Africa African Apartheid Because Being Blindness Deals Driver Guilt Inherited Led Life Meant My Own Own South South Africa South African Think Those Train Up White Writing Years I Think

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Obviously when it comes to the question of telling stories about other people's lives in a situation as political as South Africa, you get to be political.

~Athol Fugard

Topics: About Africa Get Lives Obviously Other People Political Question Situation South South Africa Stories Telling You

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For most of my writing life, I've refused to allow myself to believe that writing was a significant form of action. I always felt very uneasy about the fact that all I did was write in a situation as desperate as apartheid South Africa. Whether I was correct or not is a different issue.

~Athol Fugard

Topics: About Action Africa Allow Always Apartheid Believe Correct Desperate Did Different Fact Felt Form Issue Life Most Myself Refused Significant Situation South South Africa Uneasy Very Whether Write Writing

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For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man. But South Africa does have soul.

~Athol Fugard

Topics: Africa Bottom Created Does Draw Equal Hear Man Men Miracle Out Phrase Rock Soul South South Africa Starting Us West Yawn You

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What I quickly discovered is that our so-called new South Africa has as much material for a story-teller as the old one. The landscape hasn't really changed. Who is in power now is different to who was in power then, but the squatter camps grow like cancer, the rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

~Athol Fugard

Topics: Africa Camps Cancer Changed Different Discovered Get Grow Landscape Like Material Much New Now Old Old One Our Poor Poorer Power Quickly Really Rich Richer So-Called South South Africa Then Who

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The reason I'm in San Diego is not because I want distance from South Africa but because I want proximity to the people I love. But I don't envy growing up in America. As ugly as aspects of it were, my biggest blessing was to be born a South African.

~Athol Fugard

Topics: Africa African America Aspects Because Biggest Blessing Born Diego Distance Envy Growing Growing Up Love People Proximity Reason San San Diego South South Africa South African Ugly Up Want Were I Love

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I went to South Africa on safari and came eye to eye with a beautiful leopard. We were so close; I was staring at him for a long time and I felt a recognition with my own nature.

~Bai Ling

Topics: Africa Beautiful Came Close Eye Felt Him Leopard Long Long Time My Own Nature Own Recognition South South Africa Staring Time Were

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Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Africa Also Challenges Collaboration Decent Development Enhance Europe Flow History Human Ideals Ideas Migration Opportunity People Policy Presents Promote Proximity Represents Share Strengthen Technology Tied Together Trade Work You Ebb

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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

Topics: Africa Beacon Ever Free Hope Joy Mandela Nelson Nelson Mandela Sang Since South South Africa Stood Walked World

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