Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa) Quotes
Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Frankly, alcohol leads to a lot of other things when you start drinking at 12-years old. It is a big problem that needs to be addressed. Frankly, the industry has pushed us back and pushed us back.
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Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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I always wanted to be an actress. It's been very high up on my list of passions, and I did a couple of short courses, and I've studied at school.
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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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We knew we were going to do a fashion line at some point.
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I don't really like talking about my personal life. I like a certain amount of veil.
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Something on mainstream radio is very in your face with the vocals. I tried that, and it just doesn't feel like Washed Out. It's got to have that haziness to it.
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I am doing it the it I am doing is the I that is doing it the I that is doing it is the it I am doing it is doing the I that am doing it I am being done by the it I am doing it is doing it
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: I could understand principles of Perl source in 2-3 days [. . .]Gee, it took me about eleven years.
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Keep ya head up. Do what you gotta do. And then, inside of you, I will be reborn.
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My faith in human dignity consists in the belief that man is the greatest scamp on earth. Human dignity must be associated with the idea of a scamp and not with that of an obedient, disciplined and regimented soldier.
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Flash Video made platform sites like YouTube possible as well, and helped kick-start the online video revolution.
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Right before I graduated from the national theatre school, I got the part of Roxie Hart in 'Chicago' in Copenhagen. That led to me playing it here in London. I was 26 when I came over for that. It was the first thing I did as a professional, and it is still the experience of my life.
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I'm an underdog by nature, and I like to be fighting. I don't make music for myself. I make music to fight.
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It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it.
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The sweetest two words in any negotiation are actually, 'That's right.' Before you convince them to see what you're trying to accomplish, you have to say the things to them that will get them to say, 'That's right.'
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Here’s to the dayThat wondrous May,A-roaming through the heather,When her little shoesAnd my big boots Were out on the hills together.And here’s to the night Of our delight, That held the stars in tether, When her little shoes And my big boots Were under the bed together.
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Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.
