Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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For me, if I'm just killing time, I play solitaire. I'm also guilty of playing Snood. I like games where I can shoot balls and match colors.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking.
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When you have a celebrity who is willing to shine his personal spotlight on the non-profit and can also speak articulately about the mission, that's really the best of both worlds.
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In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.
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I wanted to create things that you can always pull out of your closet and rely on. I wanted to create a timeless, classic collection of clothing that you can keep expanding on.
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I like circle time and school drop-off. And I like that I have kids still willing to hold my hand.
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I think the glue that held 'Fringe' together was the relationships.
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I think what we've been able to do with 'Longmire' is balance this procedural with a bit of a soap opera, and it's a character study of this character, Walt Longmire, and the people around him.
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Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!
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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.
