Septima Poinsette Clark Quotes
I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.
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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
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By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
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The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.
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I feel enormously proud to be part of East Anglia's Children's Hospices and to see the wonderful life-changing work that you do.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
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When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.
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If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.
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About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.
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I've got lots of friends who are musicians, so if they ask me to do things, I'll go and do it for a laugh. I don't want to be a pop star or anything like that.
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I always sang at temple growing up. I got a good reaction from Mrs. Goldberg and Mrs. Rosenbaum and the other old ladies.
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I have been blessed with a bunch of great kids, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law. It's been a great life. I know I am probably in the fourth quarter, but I am hoping for triple overtime.
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Something is always simple until you try it.
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History is another country and might be full of fascinating incidents and places to go visit - but as a destination for emigration, it has some problems!
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You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing, protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.
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The voiceless and most defenseless ones are the animals, so most of my attention goes to them.
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Whether in print or other media, a good biography is more than a court record or a stringing together of already familiar sources. It breathes life into the subject.
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There are no facts, there is no truth, just data to be manipulated.
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What can you know about life at 14? I have learned a lot since, but you learn slowly. You get hit by many things and try to make sense of it.
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A CEO of a multinational global company can't say what to do; you've got to plant the flag.
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For the uninitiated, “ectoplasm” is a ghostly kind of stuff that writers like Dennett are constantly accusing critics of materialism of believing in. It plays the same sort of straw-man role in his writings on the mind that Paley does in Dawkins’s writings on religion.
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I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.
