Blaming things on the past does not make them better. ✨ Nelson Mandela…

Nelson Mandela
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Blaming things on the past does not make them better. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2011). Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations, p.63, Pan Macmillan
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Blaming things on the past does not make them better. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2011). Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations, p.63, Pan Macmillan

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