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Quote by Miriam Makeba
Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if yo

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 wont get run over. – Miriam Makeba

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Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how we lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, I cant do anything about that. – Miriam Makeba

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In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home. – Miriam Makeba

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Its a really unfair world because life is, where I am all day long we listen to American music. So I dont see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American. – Miriam Makeba

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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. – P.G. Wodehouse

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Age is a high price to pay for maturity. – Tom Stoppard

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Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time youve got all this great wisdom, you dont get to be young anymore. – Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man cant retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time. – Bernard Baruch

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