John Henrik Clarke Quotes
Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this hemisphere. The slave ships brought only African people and most of us took the semblance of nationality from the places where slave ships dropped us off.
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Life in California is beautiful.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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I got in a really bad accident in a Toyota vehicle, but I feel like the safety of the vehicle and God really saved my life.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive.
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Like any show, I think some episodes are going to be stronger than others, but I think it's a good show that people enjoy and I hear the reactions too.
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Even though society has come a long way in correcting the inequalities between men and women in the workplace, it still has to be said that women are oftentimes subconsciously playing to the gender roles which we are taught from birth.
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I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.
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Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this hemisphere. The slave ships brought only African people and most of us took the semblance of nationality from the places where slave ships dropped us off.
