John Henrik Clarke Quotes
I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course. I did not spend much formal time in school - I had to work.
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
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I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I would just cry. When I ran, I wouldn't even try to get out of the blocks, I would just run.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life.
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One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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I was raised on NBC television.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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I'm a television junkie.
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As a director, I start with the visual.
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'Forensic Files' is amazing! I love it! There were marathons happening all the time in college. That show, because it's always on at night, was always better than any scary movie I could put on, because it was 'real.'
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My favorite thing about 'Saturday Night's Main Event,' it was that one time where I could stay up late with my dad and four brothers, and we would all beat the tar out of each other while the show was on, and it was all okay because my dad was a wrestling fan.
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I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not.
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The best opportunities are often ones where you're being contrarian. That doesn't mean being contrarian for contrarian's sake, but it means you're thoughtful about the risks of following the crowd.
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I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course. I did not spend much formal time in school - I had to work.
