"I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit."

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Source : "In praise of ... Miriam Makeba", www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2005.

Miriam Makeba

#Crush Quotes #Nature Quotes #Racism Quotes

“I love the whole physical thing in films. It keeps me on my toes, it keeps me awake, it keeps me alive. If I'm going to be shooting a movie from 7pm to 7am six nights a week, I best be as physical as possible because then I'll never get tired. Otherwise you sit down, it sounds really weird, but that's the part that wears you out.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the "state of emergency" in which we live is not the exception but the rule.”

Source : Walter Benjamin, Michael William Jennings (2003). “Selected Writings: 1938-1940”, p.392, Harvard University Press
“Many of us have created lives that give very little support for experimentation. We believe that answers already exist out there, independent of us. What if we invested more time and attention to our own experimentation? We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.”
“Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.”
“There are, I think, three countries left in the world where I can go and I'm not as well-known as I am here. I'm a pretty big star, folks - I don't have to tell you. Superstar, I guess you could say.”
“I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.”
“Hush! With sudden gush As from a fountain sings in yonder bush The Hermit Thrush.”
“Good sense and good-nature are never separated, though the ignorant world has thought otherwise. Good-nature, by which I mean beneficence and candor, is the product of right reason.”

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