Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa) Quotes
Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.
Quotes to Explore
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.
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My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
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It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.
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It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person's life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it's a little comedy surprise.
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Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.
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I'm a spiritual person, I'm an America, I'm a Jew, and all of those things influence every breath I take, everywhere I go.
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What women care about are jobs, the economy, the unemployment rate.
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I did not set out to be a poster child for anything. I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.
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Most men have nothing in their heads but their physical needs; put them on a desert island with nothing to occupy their minds and they would go insane. They lack real motive. The curse of civilization is boredom.
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Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for co-operation with oneself.
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I want to be remembered as a woman who was fair and always gave 150 percent, no matter what I did.
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Coming out of Juilliard, I honestly was expecting and willing to be breaking my neck, hustling, and being unemployed for a decade, two decades. I was gritting my teeth, but I was so down to do that.
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For me, changing my physical appearance for a character is never a problem. If I have to look a certain way for a role, I just do it.
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My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.
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I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so distracted - -by having to work other jobs, or what other people have to say about your writing - -but the one thing that really matters is that you just keep going, especially when you're working on a novel. It's so easy to get discouraged and give up.
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Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.
