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Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting down just to think is one of the best ways of keeping yourself fresh and able, to be able to address the problems facing you, and you had the opportunity, also, of examining your past.
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"Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting down just to think is one of the best ways of keeping yourself fresh and able, to be able to address the problems facing you, and you had the opportunity, also, of examining your past."
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Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting down just to think is one of the best ways of keeping yourself fresh and able, to be able to address the problems facing you, and you had the opportunity, also, of examining your past. — Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela was a Statesman from South Africa (1918–2013).

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Who said "Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit d…"?
This quote is attributed to Nelson Mandela, a Statesman from South Africa.
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Nelson Mandela lived from 1918 – 2013.
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