Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa) Quotes
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The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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I've had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it's not what I look for when I'm seeing someone.
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Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
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What women care about are jobs, the economy, the unemployment rate.
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I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.
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I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot.
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You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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My work is anti-natureThe four-story mountainYou will not think form, space, line, contourJust a suggestion of nature gives weightlight and heavylight like a featheryou get light enough and you levitate
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If Marilyn Manson would write a song that says, 'Do your damn homework,' it would make the world a better place, and it wouldn't hurt him at all. And if he doesn't like it, to hell with him. He can come fight us - by the bicycle racks.
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I'm so unprofessional on set it's not even funny.
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People of similar political persuasions tend to flock together.
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If I have a long period of time away from acting, I tend to write.
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Governor Rauner talks about what he might get done or what he tried to get done. It's past time for all his talk. It's time for action. It's what I've been doing my whole life.
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Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons.
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I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
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I look at the past and I see myself.
