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Quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Many a rich man’s bed is bigger than many a poor woman’s bedroom; his bedroom, her house.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Leftovers are less tasty if they were left over by someone else, unless you are poor.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Narcissism is as profitable to a model as scruffiness is to a homeless person.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Using money in one’s attempt to put an end to poverty is like using a border in one’s attempt to put an end to xenophobia.

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Rich people read their bills. Poor people dread theirs.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Distinctive facial features of a parent are poor people’s paternity test.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There’s a very fine line between being broke and being humble.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Juice is a poor man’s dessert.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Peanut butter is a poor man’s marmalade.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Every artist takes their final work to the grave.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When reading a book, you are sold what some writer thought. When reading a newspaper, you are sold what someone did, and, what some advertiser made.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Sometimes it is the reader that sucks, not the book.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A writer’s primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore’s is to make cents.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A writers pen depreciates with every word that it writes. Whereas she appreciates with every word that she writes.

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A writer is merely a reader that had the guts to be read, and, heard.

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There are more writers who read than readers who write.

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To put an arrogant famous writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When rich, being poor seems *adventurous.*

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A high self-esteem having artist works hard to be understood. A low self-esteem having artist works hard to be agreed with.

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