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.'
John Henrik Clarke
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
K. D. Lang
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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.
Bailee Madison
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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.
J. K. Simmons
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Democracy is not about one party dominating.
Ed Townsend
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
Sam Kinison
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
T. J. Miller
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Fashion for my mother was about asserting and demonstrating you had aesthetics, tastes, sensibility, manners, beauty - qualities that black people were always trying to prove they possessed, because it was often assumed that we didn't.
Margo Jefferson
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The fact that the immigration issue was the first thing Trump took aim at was a good thing for me, because it's what I spent my life working on. It became a place to see what we've become as a country, and how overreach can actually serve to bring those of us on the Left and Democrats together.
Pramila Jayapal
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But whether I become a believer or remain an agnostic, my belief or disbelief must derive its source from within, not from without. I, myself, must create its symbols. The transcendental is that which produces its own form. I will never discover its secret if I do not find it in my own heart; if I do not possess it already I shall never be able to acquire it.
Oscar Wilde
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You kinda don't know what's going to make a good song. You've got to shoot around in the dark for a little while.
Ne-Yo
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I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.
Michael Bolton
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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.'
John Henrik Clarke
