Quotes of Miriam Makeba

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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

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“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ When people think they know you and put you in a box, keep growing and give them the box. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ There are times in life which proves life is wife and wife is life. ”

- Fahad Basheer

“ Relationships are like Rome difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love. ”

- Helen Keller

“ I love women, but I feel like you can’t trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog’s name. Then I said, ‘Does he bite?’ She said, ‘No.’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?’ Liar. ”

- Demetri Martin

“ Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones? ”

- Elizabeth Scott

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. ”

- Tallulah Bankhead

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ And these aches in my heart create poetry! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something. ”

- Rainbow Rowell

“ Because, if you could love someone, and keep loving them, without being loved back . . . then that love had to be real. It hurt too much to be anything else. ”

- Sarah Cross

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ It’s not bragging if you can back it up. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ We should have more reasons to smile than to cry. You will be surprised, even the saddest things could result in something to smile about. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Anything that makes weak physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison. ”

- Swami Vivekananda

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are. ”

- Matthew

“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr