"Politics is politics; art is art. If you……" — Youssou N'Dour
"Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist."
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Youssou N'Dour
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37 Quotes by Youssou N'Dour
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In Africa, there is much confusion.... Before, there was no radio, or other forms of communication.... Now, in Africa ...…
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People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a…
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Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy,
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In…
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Africa is the future.
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I can assure you that I have never used my media companies for propaganda, and I will never do so.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I grew up with reggae music.
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I have studied at the school of the world.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar…
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the…
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,…
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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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