"But if you are going to wear blinders……" — Miriam Makeba
"But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world."
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29 Quotes by Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba has 29 quotes on this site.
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Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.
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I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I…
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There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until…
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People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you…
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Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the…
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Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them
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I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they…
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I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be…
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I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image…
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In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home.
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In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it…
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I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.
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I raised you to be a thoroughbred. When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ahead…
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In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really…
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Had I not been told to look, I would have quite, ignorant of what was really there, because I had…
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But down the bagagge, take of the blinders, and see for yourself that this very place is the valley of…
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You invite judgment into your life every time you judge others. To avoid this invitation to negativity, it's best to…
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I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few…
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Let us put away our blinders and answer the call to Joy.
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The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness…
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