Miriam Makeba Quotes

Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how we lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, I can't do anything about that.

Miriam Makeba

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TruthPeopleWorldPoliticalWrong

The definition of marriage cannot be disputed. It's right there in black and white and it's been the same since the start of Wikipedia.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

MarriageBlack And WhiteStartBlack

I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.

Jensen Ackles

GuitarPlayHimMineSingBuddy

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

John Ruskin

HeartArtTogetherManGoHand

I know my own weaknesses as a human being, and as a musician, as a singer and as a woman.

Amy Grant

WomanKnowMy OwnHumanSingerOwn

A day in Afghanistan is like a week at home.

Ross Kemp

HomeDayWeekAfghanistanLike

Pearl Jam sit down and have conversations about Kiss all the time on tour.

Mike McCready

TimeKissDownSitConversations

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

Loretta Lynn

EducationGotSenseSomeMuch

A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent.

Loretta Young

VoicePermanentAttractiveClearWho

I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.

Don Rickles

ShyProtectOutgoingShynessVery

I was only 8 years old on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong, 38-year-old commander of 'Apollo 11,' descended the cramped lunar module Eagle's ladder with hefty backpack and bulky spacesuit to become the first human on the moon.

Douglas Brinkley

MoonEagleLadderBecomeOldFirst

In reality, every single negotiation involves another commodity that's far more important to us, which is time - minutes, hours, our investment in time. So even if you're talking about dollars, the commodity of time is always there because there has to be a discussion about how the commodity of dollars is moved.

Christopher Voss

TimeRealityNegotiationTalkingYou

The best way I could describe it at Notre Dame was that I was accepted as a member of the family.

Ara Parseghian

FamilyBestWayNotre DameAccepted

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