Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa) Quotes
Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I was very happy to have met a president of the United States - little me!Miriam Makeba
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Funny is an attitude.
Flip Wilson -
There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
Ian Botham -
All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
Karen Joy Fowler -
I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.
Valerie Simpson -
Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -
I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.
Barry Bonds
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I don't even think my children are aware of what I've done. When somebody will ask me for my autograph, Spenser-Margaret will say, 'You must watch 'Charlie's Angels.' You know, that's like all I've done to them.
Jaclyn Smith -
I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
Ian Thorpe -
It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me.
Taye Diggs -
I stopped acting when I was 19. The only time I acted again was during the war, when there were no other Nazis available.
Otto Preminger -
The most important single thing about string theory is that it's a highly mathematical theory, and the mathematics holds together in a very tight and consistent way. It contains in its basic structure both quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity. That's big news.
Leonard Susskind -
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
Andy Rooney
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Most British newspapers now have more columns than the Acropolis
Ian_Jack -
What's wrong with the world and what can we do to change it?
Oprah Winfrey -
But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau -
The hardest fight a man has to fight is to live in a world where every single day someone is trying to make you someone you do not want to be--
e. e. cummings -
Remember that you have to be happy to make other people happy. Don't get weighed down by duty, guilt, and responsibility all the time.
Swara Bhaskar -
We try hard to provide the best user experience possible, and that means the best ads possible, so we work with the brands to come up with the best images.
Alan Schaaf
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
Wallace Stevens -
Of course, technology is very important now. It's there, its available. It's there to be use however you see fit. You can use it and the jihadist can use it. In their case they have been very effective at making use of technology, particularly with websites. It's primarily through these websites that they do their recruiting. But it's not technology that makes them that way.
Abderrahmane Sissako -
Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I was very happy to have met a president of the United States - little me!
Miriam Makeba