Nathan’s Reviews > Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood > Status Update
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"People always lecture the poor: 'Take responsibility for yourself. Make something of yourself.' But with what more materials are the poor to make something of themselves? People love to say, 'Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll eat for a lifetime.' What they don't say is, 'And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.' That's the part of the analogy missing."
— Jun 04, 2019 01:11PM
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"He thinks he's the policeman of the world. And that's the problem with the world. We have people who cannot police themselves, so they want to police everyone else around them."
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"Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give another human being."
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"If you're Native American, and you pray to the wolves, you're a savage. If you're African and you pray to your ancestors, you're a primitive. But when white people pray to a guy who turns water into wine, well, that's just common sense."
— May 24, 2019 07:44AM
