All Quotes

"Preserving the family means everything to our community now"

"In the world of entertainment, the problem for African-American artists is "lack of access to the levels of power"

"There is still a patronizing attitude in the media towards African-Americans"

"I am an actress, wife, mother, and own my own home and I have never seen my experiences reflected on the screen."

"When African-Americans are on screen, they've usually got guns."

"I usually played good girl wives and mothers. And truthfully those good-girl roles were stretches"

"Racism undercuts confidence. I wish I had known that sooner"

"Critics still see blacks as 'the other,' an 'exotic"

"We met her and she allowed us to speak to women about their lives and challenges. I decided to create a drama because I don’t think that there is a human being who wakes up and decide to be a prostitute"

"What I like about the story is that this is the honest portrayal of sex workers and their lives"

"But I am happy that black people are telling black stories though they are controlled in how they should tell them."

"“I have a lot of friends who are writers and they want to tell amazing black stories, but they can’t because they are not allowed to. There is a variety of stories to tell but there is no platform and that’s frustrating"

"We are living in an environment in which when you are a well-known personality like a radio host, nobody cares about the real you"

"It was a very difficult season for me last year and it has been over a year now, I am definitely mentally stronger and I give that glory to God as he is the one who has seen me to that point of healing"

"I have found lessons although it was not easy"

"I am stronger now, God has restored what I lost"

"I took a long time to rest and I am very ready for the season, this part of the year is always my busiest so I am looking forward to the local events and travelling"

"Journalism will always be a part of me, I was getting calls for events even when I was on my sabbatical but I had to prioritise myself and my mental health"

"Agreeing to bookings is not always a good thing, however now that I am back my clients who know that I am back have already booked me for the rest of the year"

"It is far too soon to say how this transition will affect followers and support of Ruvheneko"

"This is where you learn how much support you have as an individual versus how much support you had because you were part of a particular media house"

"If you see me quiet, it means I am dealing with some things. I stopped now after nine years to put on the face to make people happy"

"People attack me like I am just a profile picture on social media, they don’t know there is a person behind that"

"It’s such a special feeling, and I think that every actor in their life dreams to have content or shows that make people wanna go back for more."

"I’m sure every actor has that moment where, when they are in the environment, they wonder: What would my Oscar speech be? What would my Emmy speech be? You watch the Emmys and you daydream, and you see yourself standing there saying something. Then you start thinking about who you’d thank and who you wouldn’t thank."

"There was a longing inside of me that just wanted to play with this thing. I didn’t know how to articulate it. I didn’t even know I could study it."

"Everything begins with yourself. You are the product. Actors, sports players — You’re a product. My physical is the product and I have to manipulate the self to achieve certain things; to act, to perform, to MC, etc. I have to mould this product. It begins there."

"I’m a product that’s there to translate narratives, stories, and bring characters to the fold. Human journeys — their triumphs, weaknesses, losses, and wins."

"I also appreciate the coupons we are getting which are not acceptable in all garages including the garages which are owned by our chefs (leaders). They need coupons which are in US Dollars"

"Hon. Member Chingosho, you have been too pre-emptive"

"I am meeting the chief whips this afternoon to discuss among other things the two issues you have raised."

"ur area has a serious problem of Land shortage and land servicing. There was a stampede in 2008 in Tlokweng and another stampede in 2013 in Ramotswa, this is really affecting our constituents and the land board has to adopt technological measures to address this situation. People should start applying online and be given online reference numbers for follow up . On the part of allocation I appeal to fellow councilors to consider the quota system as a way of protecting and preserving the culture of Bamalete and Batlokwa."

"We have started to till the land."

"We don’t have to focus only on foreign direct investment. Domestic investors also have the potential to grow this economy and create job opportunities."

"I feel like I am floating in plasma I need a teacher or a lover I need someone to risk being involved with me. I am so vain and I am so masochistic. How can they coexist?"

"Am I in the picture? Am I getting in or out of it? I could be a ghost, an animal or a dead body, not just this girl standing on the corner…?"

"You cannot see me from where I look at myself."

"Real things don't frighten me - just the ones in my mind do."

"This action that I foresee has nothing to do with melodrama. It is that life, as lived by me now, is a series of exceptions. I was , or am, not unique - but special. This is why I was an artist. I was inventing a language for people to see the everyday things that I also see, and show them something different. Nothing to do with not being able 'to take it' in the big city, or with self-doubt or because my heart is gone. And not to teach people a lesson. Simply the other side."

"Another year of dishonesty"

"I didn’t even think that I would reach 100, never mind 150. I was just playing soccer and representing my country. I was just doing what I love. I didn’t even expect that one day I will be one of the most capped players in senior women’s football. I was just playing soccer, being a girl from a rural area, just doing what I love, that’s why I said I feel blessed that I am amongst those legends in Africa."

"I’m proud of myself because I never thought that I would be where I am today."

"You know, that’s why I say hard work pays off. Just keep working. God will answer your prayers and just keep praying."

"When the young girls watch us on television they tell their parents, I want to play like Mpumi Nyandeni or Portia Modise… Thanks to the SABC and Hollywoodbets our games are now on television, if they can’t go to the stadium they can still see us and they know they can still watch women’s football. This will inspire them to play soccer because they are now able to see us and in that way, we inspire them to achieve their dreams and even achieve more than we have."

"I will say to the young, upcoming footballers, they need to work hard, stay disciplined and carry themselves (well). What is important is how to carry yourself and don’t forget to pray and work hard, because your hard work, is going to pay off. So they need to work hard and leave the friends that have bad habits."

"Choose your friends but focus on yourself and believe in yourself. So that is most important if you believe in yourself, no one can take that from you."

"The way I loved football, I just wanted to be around the football pitch; I would ref sometimes."

"I am a firm believer that discipline, hard work, and passion are the best form of ingredients for a player to last as long as I have in the game."

"For me, personally, no one has the audacity to come and tell me when I should retire because that person was not there when I started playing football."

"I will retire when my body is no longer able to carry me. I will retire on my own accord."