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Quote by Miriam Makeba
I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit. – Miriam Makeba

Other quotes by Miriam Makeba

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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Truth
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Miriam Makeba
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Which goes to show you, you can make all the laws you want, but you cannot change peoples ways. If you must change them, you have to understand that it will take a long time. – Miriam Makeba

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Change
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Miriam Makeba
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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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Age
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I think that in todays world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness. – Gary Chapman

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Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me – I am happy. – Hamlin Garland

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Nature

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath. – Marian Anderson

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Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society. – Honore de Balzac

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Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religions imminent demise. – Jonathan Sacks

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The first gold star a child gets in school for the mere performance of a needful task is its first lesson in graft. – Philip Wylie, Generation of Vipers, 1942

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When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that Im older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all. – Michael Sheen

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Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm. – Proverb

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