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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Quotes

No one under international copyright law has the right to depict me or my husband without our consent. I have been surprised by the many people, particularly Americans, who are either writing books or going to produce films about the Mandela family without even bothering to consult us.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: south african
Birth: September 26, 1936 - April 2, 2018

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Family People Me Law Writing Right

My favorite place in Indonesia is Bali. I was there with my family in Nusa Dua, and my kids loved it. I'm a workaholic, so for me, Bali is a place where you can have a vacation, but you can have your own moment as well. You feel like you blend with nature - and I love the beach.

Family Nature Love Moment Beach Me

Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has become like Swift's kingdom of Laputa, flying absurdly on an island above the earth and indifferent to what is beneath.

Today Science Purpose Flying Physics

Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy.

Money Better Friends You Enemy Buy

Ronnie Spector's hair was taller and meaner and scarier than all four Shangri-La's combined, plus the drummer from the Honeycombs. You just know her rat-tail comb was a switchblade.

Hair You Know Drummer Her Four

Well, I think the first piece of music I ever heard that I really loved was 'Salome's Dances' by Richard Strauss. I played that 12-inch, 78 record, and I stood up on an ottoman to play it on a big Victrola and I'd just keep playing it and playing it.

Music Think Loved Play First Big

Outside of interviews, I spend very little time thinking about myself. I spend time thinking about my writing and my children and other things that are pertinent.

Children Time Myself Writing Outside

I never know what I want, but always know what I don't want.

Know Want Never Always

I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.

Write Right Whatever Like About

I've never been cool and I don't really care about being cool. It's just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted.

Time Cool Hair Care Never Wasted

I often work by avoidance.

Work Avoidance Often

Great songs stand out wherever they're from.

Great Stand Out Wherever Songs

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

Friends You Young Romance Take Role

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