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Hugh Masekela Quotes

When I left South Africa there were 10 million people - when I came back there were more than 40 million. I had to learn how to get to the highways because when I left where there were no highways.

Hugh Masekela

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: south african
Birth: April 4, 1939 - January 23, 2018

Topics

People Learn Back Africa More Left

In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.

Joe Biden

Eye You Look Say Him Something

Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science.

Robert Graves

Science Language Forget Connecting

Eviction comes with a record, too, and just as a criminal record can bar you from receiving certain benefits or getting a foothold in the labor market, the record of eviction comes with consequences as well. It can bar you from getting good housing in a good neighborhood.

Matthew Desmond

Good You Consequences Labor Housing

Rock helps me communicate directly with the people because rock doesn't lie, and people are fed up with lying politicians.

Amado Boudou

Lie People Me Lying Rock Up

The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history.

Stephen Covey

History Society Problems Principles

You don't have to be Einstein to see that horse racing is dangerous. Those two ambulances driving behind you aren't there for the scenery. I will never get over the fatalities of colleagues. It is the saddest and toughest part of this sport.

Tony McCoy

Colleagues Scenery Driving Horse You

I'lI say this: I recall entering Congress in 1971 and being called a 'feminist' by members of my own party as if it was a dirty word. They didn't realize that I wore that label as a badge of honor.

Ron Dellums

Honor Dirty Party Say My Own Own

I don't really think too much about special effects because that's not really something I can clearly visualize, so I leave that to the pros.

Michelle Monaghan

Think I Can Too Much Special Leave

My career plan at this point is 'Ice Age 5' through '10,' and even '12,' and 'Spider Man' - you know, basically I'd be Emma Stone's dad for the rest of my career. I really don't have any problem doing that.

Denis Leary

Age Man Rest Problem Doing Plan

Your genes are not your fate... if you change your lifestyle, you change your genes.

Dean Ornish

Change Fate You Lifestyle Genes

Okay, a lot of people think that I'm someone known for a love of eggs and egg cookery. Being asked to endorse an egg yolk separator, I mean, I understood where it came from, but it didn't seem necessarily like something that was ultimately worth pursuing.

Wylie Dufresne

Love People Think Someone Egg Worth

What are gold and jewels and precious utensils? Mere dross and dirt. The human face and the human heart, reciprocations of kindness and love, and all the nameless sympathies of our nature - these are the only objects worth being attached to.

William Godwin

Nature Love Kindness Heart Gold