Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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If anything, game development is even more of a team effort than making a movie, so for individuals to get credit for making a game is absolutely insane.
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I never got formal training in music. I would just sit with my ear to the speaker and my hand on the needle. I'd listen to Wanda Jackson and think, 'How did she do that?,' and lift the needle and try it myself.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of furniture that should be judged as to their usefulness, elegance.
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We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.
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You could give the best audition ever and not get the role or not get a callback because you just weren't what they were looking for.
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If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.
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Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.
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At the end of the day, I do think I'm happiest doing comedy. I love it. I know that I can do other things. I love drama as well.
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I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.
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My dad would take me deer hunting with him, which was pretty traumatic - 'Bambi' was one of my favorite movies.
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I think extreme heterosexuality is a perversion.
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
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I had the attitude that I would work with this present-day material and do the best I could to describe it with photography, not intending to make any particular comment about whether it was good or bad or whether I liked it or not. It was just there, and I was interested in it. That's what I still do today.
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He Belafonte was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a tornado - be like a submarine. It was good advice when I found myself speaking at the UN Committee Against Apartheid and then the UN General Assembly.
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I don't see myself as somebody who looks particularly good in photos.
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In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.
