John Henrik Clarke Quotes
There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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I feel nowadays a lot of bands can be too overly produced. There's something about the leather pants and bare bodies and Axl Rose running back and forth on a stage and going crazy. I love all that.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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Democracy is not about one party dominating.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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We are the offspring of approval-seekers. We want approval so badly that we vacillate between conforming to get it and standing out (being outstanding) to get it.
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My ambition was not to create a new field, but I would have welcomed a permanent group of people having interests close to mine and therefore breaking the disastrous tendency towards increasingly well-defined fields. Unfortunately, I failed on this essential point, very badly. Order doesn't come by itself.
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I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves.
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No one will die if they don't know how old I am.
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There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'
