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Quote by Miriam Makeba
Which goes to show you, you can make all the laws you want, but yo

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

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Music
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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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Truth
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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

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President Obamas version of America is a divided one – pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that. – Mia Love

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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change. – Quentin Crisp

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I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy – but that could change. – Dan Quayle

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Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change – from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger. – Edwin Louis Cole

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