Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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I'm a big foodie and would love to indulge in such things. I've been to many restaurants in the city, and although I can't eat often, I know what's available where.
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Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Any well-read man knows that the moral difference between the condition of the world before Christianity was planted and since Christianity took root is the difference between night and day, the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of the devil.
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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During my early years, I was mercurially lively, always in motion, spilling over with pranks, impertinent and precocious, and, at the same time, intractably stubborn and angry if anything went against my will.
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To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering 'I want to be white,' hidden in the aspirations of his people, to 'Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro - and beautiful!'
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.
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The capital goes wherever the opportunities are.
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The heart and soul of pop is newness, excitement, innovation.
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I'm a very independent woman.
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I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly.
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I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.
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Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth. So let's all go exploring.
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I never get into the details regarding my own personal situation.
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It's funny that a lot of the fans of 'Angel' have come over and hung out with me on 'Leverage.' I was so fortunate to have been on that show. It created one of the best fan groups ever. I just have the best fans in the world.
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I'll say anything to live.
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I think that passion and love and pain are all bearable, and they go to make love beautiful.
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What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.
