People just don't seem to get me. Don't understand that I need my space. Always telling me what to do. They think rules and routines and clean hands and your p's and q's will make everything all right. They haven't got a clue.

Rachel Ward
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This quote is a powerful statement. Nelson Mandela was a man with a very strong sense of self. He knew what he wanted and was not going to let anyone tell him otherwise. This quote shows that Mandela was very aware of the people around him, but he knew they were wrong for even trying to control him.

In doing so, he made it clear that he was not going to let them have the last say in the way he lived his life. Lion King's father said, "Simba, your father would have been very proud of you."

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