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Matshona Dhliwayo

"Birds do not attend music school, but compose timeless masterpieces."

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"Birds do not attend music school, but compose timeless masterpieces."

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"There's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking."

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"I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory."

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"Do not hold grudges against those who try to keep you down; the higher you go, the smaller they become. Do not trust those who try to push you down once you are up; the more envious they are, the more dangerous they become."
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