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.
Tammy Duckworth -
So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
E. M. Forster -
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.
Salman Rushdie -
I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
Federica Montseny -
Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
Park Chan-wook -
Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
Abhishek Bachchan -
I've had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it's not what I look for when I'm seeing someone.
Taylor Swift -
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
Dale Carnegie -
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.
Padma Lakshmi -
I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot.
Orlando Bloom -
You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.
Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
Camille Paglia -
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
James Madison -
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
Agnes Martin -
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.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I'm so unprofessional on set it's not even funny.
Katharine McPhee -
It's always inspiring when people all come together and be strong as a group. This is why I feel so strongly to put the message to people that we need to stand together in tough times.
Anne-Marie
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I never went through a biological clock experience. I never even heard it ticking.
Jane Lynch -
I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
A. Whitney Brown -
Without the ability to plant roots and invest in your community or your school - because you're paying 60, 70, 80 percent of your income to rent - and eviction becomes something of an inevitability to you, it denies you certain freedoms.
Matthew Desmond -
Triteness of content has not necessarily hurt ideologies in the past. There are very few original or profound ideologies on the political scene.
Brian Reynolds Myers -
We were also going to develop relations with the current administration [of Barack Obama], but somehow they did not work out well in key areas and, I believe, not through our fault. I will not list all the problems that emerged in the past few years.
Vladimir Putin -
I look at the past and I see myself.
Miriam Makeba