Makeba Quotes
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Makeba Quotes & Sayings
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I will probably die singing.
— Miriam Makeba
But fish not with this melancholy bait
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. — William Shakespeare
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. — William Shakespeare
I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me.
— Miriam Makeba
Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.
— Miriam Makeba
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
— Margaret Thatcher
Myself will straight aboard, and to the state
This heavy act with heavy heart relate. — William Shakespeare
This heavy act with heavy heart relate. — William Shakespeare
If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.
— Miriam Makeba
In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home.
— Miriam Makeba
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,
— Miriam Makeba
[Belafonte]'d take me to perform for Martin Luther King's cause. But when they were marching I did not take part, because I was not a citizen
— Miriam Makeba
I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.
— Miriam Makeba
It makes me actually quite angry to think about people writing about torture with a sort of relish. Horrible.
— Ruth Rendell
I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.
— Miriam Makeba
I seem to myself, among civilized men, an intruder, a troglodyte enamored of decrepitude, plunged into subversive prayers.
— Emile M. Cioran
I wonder at the starry pattern in the sky
Are they little pieces of moon which want to fly..? — Munia Khan
Are they little pieces of moon which want to fly..? — Munia Khan
Letting events end is not rude. Everything ends.
— Mallory Ortberg
There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song.
— Miriam Makeba
Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.
— Miriam Makeba
I believe I can sing anything.
— Miriam Makeba
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them
— Miriam Makeba
I look at the past and I see myself.
— Miriam Makeba
Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.
— Miriam Makeba
There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls.
— Miriam Makeba
Everything is what you make of it, even yourself.
— Joseph Goebbels
I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.
— Miriam Makeba