Bernice Johnson Reagon Quotes
One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field research in the Caribbean and in Africa than had ever happened before in the history of the country and since.Bernice Johnson Reagon
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
Jackie Kennedy -
What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
Gary Hamel -
As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
J. Michael Straczynski -
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
H. L. Mencken -
Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
Cardinal Richelieu -
Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
Ibrahim Babangida -
Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'
Sam Taylor-Wood -
Quiet is the new loud.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
Saint Ignatius -
I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.
Yami Gautam -
I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.
Malaika Arora Khan
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
Samantha Bee -
I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
Rachel Weisz -
I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
Tatyana Tolstaya -
Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
Aaron Swartz -
I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
Frances McDormand -
I graduated from the University of Whatever.
Dana Snyder
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Yahoo is a global technology company that provides personalized products and services, including search, advertising, content, and communications in more than 45 languages in 60 countries. As a pioneer of the World Wide Web, we enjoy some of the longest-lasting customer relationships on the Web.
Alex Stamos -
A family is a burial mound of its own doings and sayings.
Han Suyin -
I'd actually like to make a country album one day. One of my idols is Neil Young, because he's kept himself from being bored.
Art Alexakis -
I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.
David Beckham -
The past is history, the future's a mystery.
James Toback -
One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field research in the Caribbean and in Africa than had ever happened before in the history of the country and since.
Bernice Johnson Reagon