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 do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
T. J. Miller
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I have a bit of a rebellious nature.
John Cusack
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In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
Edmund Burke
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I was a very earthly, matronly, plus-size little girl with a pure heart.
Paula Pell
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To me, the most interesting films are films that take very strong points of view and bang them up against each other and let sparks happen.
Marshall Curry
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Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra.
David Ogden Stiers
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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
