John Henrik Clarke Quotes
The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not come easily. Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact.John Henrik Clarke
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
Fetty Wap -
I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
Nadia Comaneci -
A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
D. A. Pennebaker -
I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
Randeep Hooda -
I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
I know every politician spins the truth a little.
Zach Braff
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We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
Patrick J. Kennedy -
As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
Karin Slaughter -
The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
Edith Sitwell -
Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
Barry Humphries -
I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
Pat Buchanan -
Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
H. L. Mencken
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
Gary Allan -
I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
Nancy Reagan -
I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.
Valerie Bertinelli -
Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'
Warren Farrell -
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run up to bowl. The perfect delivery stride is understandable because he is a world champion athlete. But the manner - he loaded at the crease and then bowled the ball - left me zapped. He looked like a natural cricketer.
Harbhajan Singh
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I reject the premise that liberal and libertarian values are necessarily in conflict. In fact, I often self-identify as a 'classical liberal.'
John Mackey -
For even bold natures flee, whenever they see Hades close to life.
Sophocles -
Of these two literatures, as of the intellect of Europe in general, the main effort, for now many years, has been a critical effort; the endeavour, in all branches of knowledge - theology, philosophy, history, art, science - to see the object as in itself it really is.
Matthew Arnold -
Often women are pitted against each other for an easy joke, so they fight or steal each other's boyfriends. That's not really true to life.
Hannah Simone -
I just want to make the best music I can make.
Kelsea Ballerini -
The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not come easily. Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact.
John Henrik Clarke