John Henrik Clarke Quotes
In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and their point of view.
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.
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If there are negative people around me, I just try to distance myself from that.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'
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I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people.
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The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside.
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I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths.
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.
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I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people stay. It's heartbreaking.
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I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different.
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Every weekend, I'm on the highway to Antwerp. I need to be there, to have the calm. It's a whole different life: I jump on my bike, and it's so small, I can be anywhere in a minute. I like to be at home when there's free time because when you're at a big company, you're constantly surrounded by 30 people.
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Many Christians do not believe God sends tornadoes. But they do believe that God walks with His children through the storms, that He sends His people to help after the storms, and that with and through God, there is always hope.
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People tend to think they know you when you come into their televisions every week. They think you are different than who you are. Don't believe everything you hear.
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People resisted having weapons on airplanes, but I oversaw the federal air marshals. It's a deterrent. No one sees that weapon, but they are protected on that airplane, and it's a huge positive impact on safety.
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It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
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I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen. The first of these came as a terrible shock and, like anything that changes you forever, split my life into halves: Before and After.
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I used to love 'Murphy Brown' as a kid. I didn't even understand half of the jokes that were going on, but I loved the character so much that they stood out.
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
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In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and their point of view.
