Miriam Makeba Quotes

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• Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.
• I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is…
• There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination,…
• People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are jungles and animals…
• Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can…
• Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them
• I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they become smooth and, one day,…
• I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the…
• I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people…
• But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.
• In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home.
• In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it a little and sang it…
• I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.
• Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.
• I ask you and all the leaders of the world: Would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing if you were in…
• It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get…
• It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now.
• There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls.
• Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has now really embarked on changing things…
• Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

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