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 didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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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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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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Practice being in the moment when you are running, whether you are on your own or in the race.
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Whether you work with a small or corporate press, the important thing is to have realistic expectations in terms of sales, promotion, and the work you have to do as an author promoting your novel.
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Hills are speedwork in disguise.
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Thank God for Stifler's mom. I don't know if life would be this fun if I didn't have that.
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By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.
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Jimmy Grants is my first stop every time I go home to Australia. They make the best souvlakis you have ever tasted.
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As a student, I was a total jhalli who used to wear torn denims, faded kurtis, kohled eyes and thought that I was the coolest girl ever! We were a bunch of students who used to do social-issue-based street plays and believed that we could bring about a change in the world.
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A simple thing that we do is hot and cold showers for circulation. And using aloe vera on your face, but I guess that's not very Italian because we don't naturally have it, I think.
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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.
