"You are damned and praised, or encouraged or……" — Miriam Makeba
"You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important."
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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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But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.
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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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More Applaud Quotes
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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
— Aesop
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I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.
— Tony Campolo
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The Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative…
— Barbara Jordan
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When 20,000 people applaud you as you walk out to do your job, it should be an inspiration.
— Jim Brosnan
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In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both…
— Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Common education standards are essential for producing the educated work force America needs to remain globally competitive. This voluntary state…
— Craig R. Barrett
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!
— Augustus
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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money…
— Horace
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If you think is was an accident, applaud.
— Geraldo Rivera
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We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.
— William Hazlitt
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Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time,…
— Rachel Naomi Remen
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As a Chinese American legislator, I applaud the RNC's Growth and Opportunity Project. Engaging Asian American and Pacific Islander communities…
— Kimberly Yee
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