Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
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I am very much a girly girl as well as being this tough, athletic fighter. I grew up a tomboy. I got my first four wheeler when I was eight. I got my first dirt bike shortly after. So, I have a lot of these manly qualities, I guess you would say. But, I also like to go get dressed up every weekend.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
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If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.
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Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
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I grew up in a home where reading was a big deal.
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Sugarcoating doesn't do anybody any good.
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Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous.
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I am very strong. When you have children, you have to be.
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The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it.
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It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
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I think sometimes when you want attention, you can wear sunglasses, and people are like, 'Who is that?'
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We are opposed to all cruelty, so as advocates of non-violence, opponents of oppression, people who abhor the cruelty inherent in slaughtering we say the only ethical way to consume flesh is to pick up the carcass of an animal who has died naturally or been killed accidentally, say by being hit by a car, and eat that.
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Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?
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If police organizations and departments acknowledge that there's a problem and there's an issue, then that, too, is going to contribute to real solutions. And, as I said yesterday, that is what's going to ultimately help make the job of being a cop a lot safer.
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Voyaging into the night, one knows exactly where, on a known vessel, an absolute harmony with the elements of the unreal. 1959, reacting on a remark of Robert Motherwell
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What you are is a man who means to be good, and undo the bad he’s done, and that’s as good as any man ever gets.
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You always want to make sure that you're not the weak link. You're surrounded by really talented, great actors and singers, so just staying on your game is the main thing.
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If I'm dehydrated, my muscles feel almost squeaky.
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I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.
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My ultimate style pin up is a tough question because my own style is influenced by so many sources. From Bianca Jagger to Kate Moss to Julie Christie. I love how they are always themselves and it never looks too 'done.'
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Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.
