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.
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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.
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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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.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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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.
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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.
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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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.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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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.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'
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As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.
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Truth is a big concept.
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My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.
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Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.
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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.
