All Quotes

"We could argue with my wife why she bought a certain pair of trousers for the child."

"I strongly believe that these problems will be solved soon."

"The people wanted things to happen speedily."

"Matekane should be given a chance to prove himself. It’s still too early to judge him."

"We should work towards one common goal. No individualism."

"I have to see to it that all the MPs pull along the same direction."

"Being a Chief Whip is like being a captain, he says."

"MPs from one party should accept whatever comes as a solid body."

"We have to speak with one voice."

"This is not the time to work for fancy cars but to work for this country."

"I hope this storm will finally be over."

"As a qualified civil engineer, Lethole says he wants to “work to enact sound laws that could put this country on a path to development."

"I only want to help change the lives of Basotho."

"We have to put in place sound mechanisms to change this economy."

"It is an undeniable fact that Basotho are suffering."

"I saw that I could fit in."

"I could see that Matekane could extricate this country from the bondage of poverty."

"He says there is no way he could ditch Matekane, vowing to back the Prime Minister if push comes to shove."

"He is still moving in line with our party’s manifesto."

"We have to copy what some developed countries are doing in their education system."

"Lesotho is blessed with a plethora of water sources that should benefit this country."

"We have to make use of these natural resources for the betterment of this country."

"Deku: I want people to see my fearless smile and feel safe, and be the kind of hero everyone in the world looks up to... Just like you!"

"Bakugo: In the end it doesn't change what I have to do... I'll become a hero that surpasses even you! Deku!"

"All Might: It is fine now. Do you know why? Because I am here!"

"Uraraka: Who protects the heroes whenever they're the ones who are hurting the most?"

"Todoroki: If you want to stop this, then stand up! Because I've got one thing to say to you. Never forget who you want to become!"

"That there was a tendency for strong and successful kings to be succeeded by weak and unsuccessful ones is one of the commonplaces of medieval English history: Edward I was followed by Edward II, Edward III by Richard II, Henry V by Henry VI, and so on."

"These were the men – the earls, bishops and barons – with whom a medieval king had to establish a modus operandi. It was his inability to do so that lay at the heart of Edward II’s failure."

"The Gaveston years, 1307 to 1312, set the course of English politics for a decade. Soul-baring and humiliating for the king, they stripped him of his regal mystique and spread a poison through the arteries of the body politic that proved ineradicable as long as Edward occupied the throne; they brutalized and militarized political society; they gave rise to a reform programme that became the touchstone for baronial opposition; and they fatally undermined the English position in Scotland."

"Seeing Robert Bruce mounted on ‘a little palfrey’, Sir Henry de Bohun the nephew of the Earl of Hereford, sought immortality by charging directly at him, but when a blow from Bruce’s axe split his head in two he was obliged to settle for mortality."

"Edward’s triumph in 1321-2 gave him the opportunity to establish a strong and responsible rule in England.…England ached for peace, and for the first time since his accession Edward could govern on his own terms. It was an opportunity spectacularly squandered."

"Edward’s pride in his army – ‘such as has never been seen in our time, or in the times of our ancestors’ – shows that despite twenty years’ experience of campaigning in Scotland he still had not learned from his mistakes."

"As so often, a quick war was followed by a slow peace."

"What was disturbing was the dichotomy between Edward’s behavior and his almost Olympian view of kingly office. The latter he learned from his father, but whereas Edward I acknowledged (albeit reluctantly) that there were in the end limits to kingly power, his son seems to have been unable to conceive of opposition to his will as anything other than disloyalty. Edward II was enormously stubborn. He was also devious and untrustworthy, continually making promises he had no intention of keeping. He evidently saw nothing wrong in such behavior: it was his birthright, his prerogative."

"The grimly inventive repertoire of punishments meted out by both sides during Edward’s reign proclaims it as an age of visceral hatred and almost unparalleled savagery within the English ruling class. Before 1312, no English earl had been executed since 1076; after 1330, it would be nearly sixty years until another was condemned for treason."

"Ultimately, however, it was Edward’s inability to fulfill the two overriding obligations of a medieval king – to administer the law without partiality, and to defend his realm – that lay at the heart of his tragedy. This was a very personal failure, the collapse of the moral authority of Edward’s kingship, a resounding endorsement of Aristotle’s much-quoted dictum that a ruler who could not control his private passions would not be able to control his kingdom."

"Explaining why he was the first English king to be deposed is in many ways easier than explaining why it took twenty traumatic years to happen. Edward faced challenges that would have tested the abilities of any king; his singular quality was the talent he possessed for alienating those who could have helped him to overcome them."

"Things are interesting here in SA. You’re only at the top of your game if people see you acting on national broadcast channels"

"If people don’t see you acting on traditional shows like Generation, Muvhango or Uzalo, it seems as though you’re not doing anything"

"I must admit this whole thing is a journey that I’ve been on for quite some time"

"I’m one of those people who have been fortunate enough to run back to the theatre when I felt like doing so."

"It’s also refreshing to step away from the small screen and hone my acting skills on stage."

"They [producers] told me they wanted me to embody the role of a successful man who is battling a lot of demons and challenges that have taken him from glory to a bad place. This storyline is prevalent to many men in SA and as we keep peeling off the layers of detective Zakhele, we realise how important it is to highlight the issues he’s facing."

"More than anything, this is God’s timing. This role came at a great time in my life. It’s as if whatever I’ve been through and experienced, I can translate those emotions on TV through this character. I’m glad to be playing the role of someone real that people can resonate with."

"Without any conscious intent, I have found that sometimes, when trying to bring a character to life, an instinct in me would force me to withdraw from the world of the set"

"Generally speaking, a movie set is a wonderful place for an actor to be"

"I’m often described as “the crazy actor who camps in the bush”, but becoming an outsider has been a deliberate decision on my part"

"I’ve always wanted to remain something of a stranger on set and to the other actors, since this has enabled me to choose how to interact and joust with the movie set – actors and crew – as an entity that I am part of, but, at the same time, apart from."

"I’ve always known that I am an outsider, and I believe every actor has to arrive at that magical island where it’s okay to be different and set up shop on the beach"