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Quote by Wilbur Smith
Im not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a vi

Im not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future, and my view is that Africa will return to being African and not European. The advent of colonialism was foreign to the country itself, but it will return to what it was before the Europeans arrived. – Wilbur Smith

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Im not a good father and theyre not children any more the eldest is in his fifties. My relationship with their mothers broke down and, because of what the law was, they went with their mothers and were imbued with their mothers morality in life and they were not my people any more. – Wilbur Smith

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relationship
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Wilbur Smith
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I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignorant people do what you want them to do, waste of time. Go and write a book. Its more important and itll last longer. – Wilbur Smith

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Politics
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I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldnt want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith – Ive had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe Id like to be J. K. Rowling, but Ill settle for second best. – Wilbur Smith

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On Australia Day 2010, as we enter this second decade of the 21st century, Australians can be optimistic about our future, but we cannot afford to mistake optimism for complacency. – Kevin Rudd

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We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there. – Charles F. Kettering

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Im substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. Theyre sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that theyre hitting back and forth. – Neil Armstrong

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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Ive exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars. – Erma Bombeck

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No movie influenced me more to go after my dreams than Flashdance. After seeing it, I took 15 dance lessons a week. I cut all my sweatshirts. I did the Maniac thing. – Elizabeth Berkley

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My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region. – Sergei Bubka

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You always admire what you really dont understand. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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