Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa) Quotes
I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.
Quotes to Explore
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When you hit your 40s, you begin to take notice of the effects of aging because people that you know begin to die of heart attacks and tumors, so we take notice of the effects of aging.
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If you want to lead, you better love people. Even if you don't like them, you have to love them enough to tell them the truth.
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Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
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Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off.
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I was a kid watching music videos, which were so cool and made me want to learn how to dance. I wish I could've gone to dance classes and learn, like, hip-hop dancing.
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Hungarian communists were the most talented. They convinced everybody that reforming the communist party was better than making a new party.
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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There's a love of rhetorical skill in the Muslim world. Osama bin Laden doesn't just go on tape cassettes and say, 'America sucks.' He recites poetry; he finds things that 'America sucks' rhymes with.
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I'm shocked at being recognized.
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Hurry boys, hurry, we have to make a quick change or the hour will be up.
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If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.
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While watching him work on the set of the film based on my life - Patch Adams - I saw that whenever there was a stressful moment, Robin would tap into his improvisation style to lighten the mood of cast and crew.
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Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
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We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.
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The wheelchair and the prosthesis give me a soapbox to stand on. If it helps me get my message across, I'm glad; then we need to talk about what we need to do for this country.
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People want fashion from us, whereas they might buy core styles from other designers.
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The slavery of Negroes in the South was not usually a deliberately cruel and oppressive system. It did not mean systematic starvation or murder.
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I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at the same time because you feel so happy and chilled-out.
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Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.
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I'm just a glutton for spas and messages. And I love to surf and hike.
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I'll meet listeners who tell me what a great voice I have. But I don't have a great voice for radio. My voice is the utterly normal voice, but sheer repetition has made them think it's OK. Mick Jagger once was asked, 'What makes a hit song? He said, 'Repetition.'
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The first thoughts of an Englishman on appointment to the office of Foreign Secretary must be that he speaks in the name, not of Great Britain only, but of the British Dominions beyond the seas, and that it is his imperative duty to preserve in word and act the diplomatic unity of the British Empire. Our interests are one. Our intercourse must be intimate and constant, and we must speak with one voice in the Councils of the world.
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I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.
