Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa) Quotes
There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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When liberty returns, I will return.
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I love doing every role I do!
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
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I only photograph myself at poignant moments in my life as a check of where I am and how large my thighs are.
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Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy.
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We become obsessed with 'truth' when discussing statements, just as we become obsessed with 'freedom' when discussing conduct...Like freedom, truth is a bare minimum or an illusory ideal.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture. I pledge my allegiance to the damned human race, and my everlasting love to the green hills of Earth, and my intimations of glory to the singing stars, to the very end of space and time.
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I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, 'You're wrong' I say, 'What can you expect of an ass?'
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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A leader has to find opportunities in any environment.
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I grew up in a makeup chair. And to see the women around me getting ready was so aspirational. It's about mothers and daughters, a girl watching her mom at a vanity table.
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My husband is actually biracial. He is Caucasian and African American. And my brother's fiance is Latina. So we have a colorful family.
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We’ve got to do something about these Asians coming in, opening up businesses, those dirty shops. They ought to go. I’ll just say that right now, you know. But we need African American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.
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There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls.
