Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.
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The country is stronger than the result of any one election. But we shouldn't forget that these are just ordinary people. I wish Americans would look at them level, not down or up - just level. It doesn't take some special dimension to be president.
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I wish I had more confidence. I think that's probably my Achilles' heel. If I had more, I probably would have felt emboldened to make more interesting music earlier on, or really go for it in an artistic or songwriting sense.
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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The reason we love our parents is because they loved us first. Every single company should take this advice.
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Rage only works if it is justified. That's the trick with rage. You gotta have a reason to be mad.
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Peoples everywhere wish and long for peace and freedom in their simplest and clearest connotations: an end to armed conflict and to the suppression of the inalienable rights of man.
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When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, I wish I was doing something more serious. I think it's just human nature.
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I wish I could wear clothes straight off the runway.
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I wish I had some interesting stories about living in L.A., but mostly I just do my work and then go home.
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Clearly, those of us women who play football wish that there was more coverage.
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I grew up thinking you're either a winner in the world, or you're not. I presumed I was not. I had no reason to think I would be, and my inclination is towards self-deprecation. I wish I'd known no one was judging my every move, but I'm still like this!
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I wish we could launch a ground-breaking competition that motivates kids to invent new ideas in sustainable living.
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Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.
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The wish to pass something on to your children is about the most basic, human and natural aspiration there is.
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I wish I was in de land ob cotton, Ole times dar am not forgotten, Look-a-way! Look-a-way! Look-a-way, Dixie Land! * * * * * Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! In Dixie Land I'll take my stand To lib and die in Dixie.
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I had no idea what to expect moving to New York. It's embarrassing to say, but I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary art... that people actually paid for it... I know that's really dumb. I was really naive. I had no idea artists made money.
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Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.
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Sometimes home is a person.
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Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is.
