"I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising,"

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Source : Miriam Makeba, Nomsa Mwamuka (2004). “Makeba: The Miriam Makeba Story”, Ste Pub

Miriam Makeba

#Voice Quotes #Roots Quotes #People Quotes

“Better freedom with a crust, than slavery with every luxury.”
“On many American campuses the only qualification for admission was the ability actually to find the campus and then discover a parking space.”
“I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.”
“I believe in the religion of reason -- the gospel of this world; in the development of the mind, in the accumulation of intellectual wealth, to the end that man may free himself from superstitious fear, to the end that he may take advantage of the forces of nature to feed and clothe the world.”
“The American dream is under attack because our government has been hijacked by the Liberals in Washington DC.”
“People say that ideas aren't important in business. Okay, people say, maybe an idea for a new product, but the rest is all execution, making it happen. Not so. As the strategy revolution demonstrated, ideas can be the key tools for making your business competitive.”

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“A will to be unkind is like a sickness. It can be healed or driven out. But to be unkind because you are thoughtless is the worst kind of blindness: difficult to cure, because you cannot see the fault even as you commit it.”
“Joy is a spiritual element that gives vicissitudes unity and significance.”

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