"I do not sing politics. I merely sing…" — Miriam Makeba

"I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth."

— Miriam Makeba

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29 Quotes by Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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…
There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until…
People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you…
Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the…
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…
I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be…
I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image…
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…

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
I love recording music. — J. J. Abrams
Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten. — J. J. Abrams
I also have this incredible love for women. — Kevyn Aucoin

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