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"You cant change a regime on the basis of compassion. Theres got to be something harder."
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Nadine GordimerThe gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose fa — Nadine Gordimer
"The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the minds eye only, fade out in sand."
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Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer
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Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit to humanity".
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"Learning to write sent me falling, falling through the surface of the South African way of life."
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"Afrikaner farmer—a regional Party leader and Commandant of the local security commando”"
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"I was evidence of the theory that books are made out of other books . . . But I did not remain so for long, nor do I believe any potential writer could."
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"As a writer, Im a composite intelligence."
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"I opened the telegram and said, "Hes dead —" and as I looked up into Graham Mills gaze I saw that he knew who, before I could say."
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