Quote by Desmond Tutu
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you a

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. – Desmond Tutu

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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. – Desmond Tutu

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It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible. – Desmond Tutu

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In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights. – Desmond Tutu

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God
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I think when someone is injured in your family, you want to speak to the individual and you want to hear their voice and you want to make sure they are OK. – Roger Goodell

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I know its a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, were all out of our minds. Theyre the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people Ive ever met, my siblings. – Dana Carvey

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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to ones family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control ones own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. – Buddha

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I know my family and I would always go up to the mountains just for fun. We always skied. Then, all of a sudden, my brother started snow boarding. Older brother thing, I had to do what he was doing. So I started snow boarding. – Shaun White

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