#mandela

This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet. ↗

— Nina Simone

#aside #bought #dream #feet #gown

Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man. ↗

— Ralph Steadman

#about #feeling #good #good man #guy

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#angry #arrested #because #before #everyone

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#also #as far as #birthday #call #calling

Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#malcolm #malcolm x #mandela #nelson #nelson mandela

Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#his #literal #literal sense #mandela #me

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit. ↗

— Jonathan Shapiro

#blue #first #mandela #me #once

One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#definitely #enjoyed #gig #him #i

It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#blessing #like #man #mandela #nelson

After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela. ↗

— Naomi Campbell

#call #first #mandela #me #person