James Weldon Johnson Quotes
Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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No two wars are identical.
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There are those people that eat to live and those that live to eat. I am of the latter, as many of you already know. To me, eating is an adventure.
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As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize that it is actually not freedom at all when our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues do not share these basic rights.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
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That's the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth.
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Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach.
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I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and went to the real estate office and bought it. It's the best $65,000 I've ever spent. My family camp on it and we have great times there.
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I started styling people when I was just eight years old, without even knowing what a stylist was.
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In my humble opinion, preserving racial purity isn't a worthwhile goal. You should be able to date whomever, whenever, wherever without the threat of a backlash.
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The supposition is prevalent the world over that there would be no problems in production or service if only our production workers would do their jobs in the way that they were taught. Pleasant dreams. The workers are handicapped by the system, and the system belongs to the management.
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I don't think it's government's job to find health care for people. I think it's the individual's job to find health care.
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Music is its own language - if you don't speak it, it's hard to say what you're trying to do.
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I'm lucky to have worked with all the people that I have, and I really love what I do, and that is very important, too.
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Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville.
