Motsi Mabuse

Dancer

1981-04-11

Quotes by Motsi Mabuse

• The biggest issue for me has been the language because I speak so much German now. I've had to focus on my English and find more words to describe what I want to say and also soften my tone. It was quite stiff from 20 years of speaking German, so when I started speaking more English, oh my god, my tongue was like: 'Argh'!

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• Growing up in a system that tells you just because of your skin colour you are not good enough - you learn at a very young age to toughen up.

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• I respect traditions, you can't walk all over them, but at the same time our world is changing. Life is about moving on.

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• I just want my daughter to grow up in a society where she feels accepted being South African, German and Ukrainian.

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