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Along with my father, Mandela is my hero.
Mandela's political evolution was gradual.
I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.
There was a close relationship between Mandela and the CBC.
President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
This name Mandela is an albatross around the necks of my family.
It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.
Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.
After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela.
But while Nelson Mandela's work is sadly done, his dream is unfinished.
Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.
I'm real sexy and I make sexy music so I'm going to be Prince meets Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela understood that social transformation and economic transformation go hand in hand.
There were three people I always wanted to meet: Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, and Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela knew that sport has the power to inspire and unite people in a way that little else does.
Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit.
Always end your book with Nelson Mandela saying something about rainbows or renaissances. Because you care.
Whenever I am asked who I admire most among the leaders I have met, I have no hesitation in naming Nelson Mandela.
If I win gold, I will dedicate it to Nelson Mandela. He is a hero in South Africa, and everything I do, I do for him.
Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.
Mandela did go to prison, and he went in there as a burning revolutionary. But look what came out. Mandela let us down.
It was a hallmark of Nelson Mandela's leadership that being open to change made him appear not weaker, but even stronger.
I want to see Nelson walking down the streets of South Africa; I want to see him walking hand-in-hand with Winnie Mandela.
When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.
I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.
When my daughter was born, I called her Ella Bella Mandela, because she was born the day after Mandela was released from prison.
Obviously because of my personal connection to Mandela and having had his story as part of my childhood, I knew how awesome he was.
Yes, whatever is born, dies, but I thank life for gifting us a Nelson Mandela. He will sparkle in our consciousness for times to come.
A lot of British people of my age would not have know of the terrible treatment of Nelson Mandela if not for Jerry Dammers and The Specials.
Mandela was chosen as a symbol of the South African struggle, and he did that great. But I wasn't just happy for him. I was happy for the people.
We want Nelson Mandela and the people of South Africa to know that we will stand shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip, until apartheid is eradicated.
The iconic life of Nelson Mandela is testament to the fact that the road to freedom is quite often long and fraught with great personal sacrifice.
I have a good relationship with Mandela. But I am not Mandela's product. I am the product of the masses of my country and the product of my enemy.
Nelson Mandela's contribution to the people of South Africa has been immeasurable and I look forward to helping with his work all over the country.
I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done.
The relationship between me and President Mandela right at the beginning was not a very well-established relationship. It was based on two meetings.
I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.
I like people who are minimalist with their words. Jack Nicholson thinks a lot then says something, and it's always spot on. Nelson Mandela is the same.
Nostalgia for dead tyrants and the longing for heroes are unhealthy, and they can result in the deification of a Saddam as easily as a Havel or Mandela.
When something happens in Africa, an artist will sing about it and stuff. We have all the records; we have everything. Free Mandela records and all that.
Politicians as diverse as Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe have been quoted at our team meetings. That is how political England cricket tours have become.
To be a philanthropist, you don't have to be Nelson Mandela. You just have to look around you and ask, 'What little bit can I do? Whose life can I touch?'
Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison.
I always wanted to meet Nelson Mandela, and I have friends who knew him, but I didn't get to meet Mandela. I always thought he was a spectacular character.
I am inspired by Nelson Mandela. I was a volunteer teacher in South Africa during apartheid, where I witnessed his success liberating black South Africans.
I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed me the most was his humility.
The children of Qunu stood for hours on the side of a brand new stretch of highway as they waited for the hearse carrying Nelson Mandela to come into view.
Mandela is just the eternal man. You want that man to be around forever. It's the closest thing we have to God, I think. He's the father of mankind, almost.
Mandela was a guy who didn't come in and just eviscerate the existing institutions. He sought to co-opt them. He brought white South Africans into his government.
One of my biggest regrets ever was not taking the time to go to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela. That is a big regret of mine. I should have figured out a way.