"Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I was very happy to have met a president of the United States - little me!"

-- Miriam Makeba

#Hands Quotes #People Quotes #Pick Me Up Quotes

“If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.”
“One percent of the equity, 1 percent of the profits, and 1 percent of the people go into Google.org. The most important asset isn't money, it's people. One percent of the people means 60 or 70 of the smartest people in the world trying to solve some of the biggest problems in the world.”

Source : "Feeling Lucky". Interview with Evan Ratliff, www.wired.com. July 1, 2006.
“it is not only unfair but disgustingly cruel that the mother is always held responsible for the illegitimate child, while the father goes scot-free.”
“One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent the audience's responsibility.”
“A Dreamer is a person whose life is in motion.”
“This is a game between players from 12 national sides, a game that if you have a friend in China, in Brazil, in Qatar...in half the world he wants to watch. I was thinking of this game when I signed for Chelsea.”
“The tremendous challenge of narrative journalism about subjects that are underreported is, how do you make people care about something they think they already know about, or think they don't need to know about?”
“To think of your creations in terms of better or worse- big mistake. They are your children.”

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