Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa) Quotes
I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.
Miriam Makeba
Quotes to Explore
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It seems obvious to me that the notion of God has never been anything but a kind of ideal projection, a reflection upward of the human personality, and that theology never has been and never can be anything but a more and more purified mythology.
Alfred Loisy
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Americans are notoriously ill-equipped for self-reflection. We're usually a very boisterous, outward-moving bunch of people, but we don't understand that much about ourselves or how other people perceive us.
Mark Frost
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Heroes have always served as a reflection of their times, a template of who we are and what we want to be.
David Grann
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For us, the death of Osama bin Laden is a time of profound reflection. With his death, we remember and mourn all the lives lost on September 11. We remember and mourn all the lives lost in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan. We remember and mourn the death of our soldiers.
Jodie Evans
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Over the last 50 years or so, we have seen an increasing cultural diversification across the country. Accents are a reflection of society, and as society changes, so accents change.
David Crystal
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The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, and the resilience of our men and women in uniform who helped bring freedom to many who never knew what the word truly meant.
Jim Sensenbrenner
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Coming off 'Reflection,' what we really wanted to do was be more vulnerable.
Ally Brooke
Fifth Harmony
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My children come first and the career comes in around that.
Diana Ross
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If you don’t take control of your career, guess what? You’ll be stuck in the sunset watching the sunrise, I am thesunrise.
Nicki Minaj
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I wouldn't trade my career with anybody's. I'd trade a few movies with Tom Hanks - 'Apollo 13 and 'Forrest Gump' - but other than that, I love my career.
John Travolta
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Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.
A. H. Almaas
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On a fundamental level - I know so many women in their 30s who didn't get married, or they did and it didn't work out, or they didn't have children because they were trying to get their careers going, or because they were expected to be independent, plus have a family. They didn't feel secure enough.
Uma Thurman
