John Henrik Clarke Quotes
The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
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Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount of factual historical record about the life of a prophet and about social conditions in Arabia at that time. So it's possible to look at the origin of Islam in a scholarly way.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
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Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.
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Through a painting we can see the whole world.
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My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
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I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well.
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I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist.
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We completed and released 'No Code' in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release.
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There are no friends at cards or world politics.
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As a child, I went to peace and ERA marches on the back of my mom and grandmother. Through them I learned that I wanted to find a way to make the world a more kind, compassionate place.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean share a cultural heritage based on centuries of common history. And what is more, we share the same values and world view. We believe in a world order that is based on cooperation, on regionalism, on multilateralism.
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I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a girl: I want to rule the world.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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We have to have faith in ourselves. I have never met a woman who, deep down in her core, really believes she has great legs. And if she suspects that she might have great legs, then she's convinced that she has a shrill voice and no neck.
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Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing chess. It's my favorite game.
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If I'm walking very, very fast down Madison Avenue in the middle of the day, I'll say I'm stopped 10 times.
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Policies to strengthen education and training, to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, and to promote capital investment, both public and private, could all potentially be of great benefit in improving future living standards in our nation.
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But today the quickest way to save your bottom line is to cut off research.
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The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.
