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- Nov 07, 2020
Desmond Quotes
From an archbishop's courage to a stage legend's name.
Most references here trace back to Archbishop Desmond Tutu's example of putting faith into action, alongside one actor's reluctance to keep revisiting Norma Desmond on stage.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.
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- Nov 07, 2020