Patrice Motsepe Quotes

#1. Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.

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#2. One has to set high standards ... I can never be happy with mediocre performance.

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#3. If we continue doing the right things in Africa, we can create a very exciting and competitive global market here.

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#4. It is extremely obvious to me that the internet is a religious phenomenon

Peter Lamborn Wilson

#5. The system of creating opportunities for those who were by law excluded, you've got to do that. But you mustn't create a perception that the process is devoid of competitiveness ... devoid of building a world class, sustainable black business community.

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#6. I'm a sinner. I fumble. People must see me as one of them. The things that worry them, must worry me

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#7. Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.

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#8. You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.

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#9. You could be worth $2 billion today and a half a billion tomorrow. It doesn't take much for this to disappear overnight.

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#10. Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't the depth of love and caring among our people, this would not have happened.

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#11. All our businesses comprise of the BEST people money can buy. My policy is hire the best and pay them well

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#12. South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people.

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#13. I have confidence in mining. I see exciting opportunities in it.

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#14. My parents insisted that we should always be respectful, never forget where we come from and that we are part of the challenges facing our people

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#15. My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'

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#16. I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders.

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#17. It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

Oscar Wilde

#18. People don't know that there were very successful black businessmen in the years of apartheid.

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#19. The sun will not rise or set without my notice, and thanks.

Winslow Homer

#20. The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.

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#21. There was a knight came riding by
In early spring, when the roads were dry;
And he heard that lady sing at the noon,
Two red roses across the moon.

William Morris

#22. Abe Krok was a man of integrity who made a unique contribution to Mamelodi Sundowns and to South African football.

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#23. If the urge to be entertained so much, to travel so much, to buy so much, and to arm ourselves so much no longer motivated our behavior, could our society as it is today still function?

Henri J.M. Nouwen