Quotes by Miriam Makeba

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

Causes

Citizens

Kings

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

Men

Mystery

Wise

African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West.

African Music

Music

West

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won’t get run over.

Age

Running

World

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

Age

Aging

Funny

And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources.

Believe

Causes

Confusion

And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it’s third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it’s much more polite.

Country

People

Thinking

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

People

Thinking

Together

Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I was very happy to have met a president of the United States – little me!

Hands

People

Pick Me Up

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.

Blinders

Knows

World

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Advice

African Music

Age

Aging

Albums

Animal

Artist

Away From Home

Back Home

Believe

Black

Blinders

Boys

Brother

Careers

Causes

Choices

Cities

Citizens

Confusion

Countries Of The World

Country

Crush

Determination

Dies

Discouraged

Doors

Falling In Love

Farewell

Fighting

Funny

Girl

Given

Giving

Glad

Grateful

Hair

Hands

Heart

Home

Important

Kings

Knows

Land

Littles

Long

Long Ago

Looks

Men

Ministry

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Quotes by Miriam Makeba

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

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West.

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won’t get run over.

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources.

And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it’s third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it’s much more polite.

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I was very happy to have met a president of the United States – little me!

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.

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