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Miriam Makeba Quotes

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important.

Miriam Makeba

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: south african
Birth: March 4, 1932

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People Me You Important Listen Come

I learned that if I put my mind to something vocally, I can pull it off. You just have to get your head-space right.

Joe Bonamassa

Mind You I Can Right Something Get

It was a terrible blow that was dealt when I was fired from 'Saturday Night Live', but I have to say that a few doors opened right away. Movie roles started to roll in, and pretty soon, I was over it.

Joan Cusack

Live Night Saturday Doors Say Right

We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by.

John Denver

Words Feel Go Teach Give Kids

I've kind of had to make a career of playing villains. In order to stay employed, I had to figure out how to play bad guys.

Jeffrey Pierce

Bad Career Play Kind Out Playing

You have a responsibility to move your dreams forward, no matter what.

Amanda Lindhout

Dreams Responsibility Your Dreams You

I hadn't thought about that before, this passionate following, with fan fiction and artwork. At first it felt like an invasion of privacy, but then I realized it's nice that the character can be shared.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Character Thought Privacy Nice First

I don't look at fashion shows on the internet because it's too flat.

Stefano Gabbana

Fashion Internet Look Because Flat

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

Shimon Peres

Service Public Service Moral Must

As far as match-ups are concerned, I feel pretty good about matching up with anybody. I'm sort of a hybrid wrestler. I'm extremely explosive; I'm a good athlete. I can move around.

Roman Reigns

Good Feel I Can Athlete Matching Up

My experience, with both my parents, is that grief has a lot of down, sad things, but I was also really emotionally raw, in the first year after each of them passed. Flowers smelled more intensely, my relationships were hotter, and I was more willing to risk. I was going for it a lot more. I was 'unsober' and I wasn't playing by my rules.

Mike Mills

Sad Grief Experience Parents Flowers

Bayer's planned acquisition of Monsanto promises to increase concentration in both the seed and agrochemical markets.

Michael Pollan

Promises Seed Planned Concentration

When you sing that this country was founded on freedom, don't forget the duet of shackles dragging against the ground my entire life.

Clint Smith

Life Freedom You Country Forget