“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.”

—  Desmond Tutu

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South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Priz… 1931

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