Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.
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The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.
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In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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One of the fun things about unreliable narrators is they can be funny. You can admire things about them and laugh with them.
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Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.
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It was a great privilege for me and my teammates to follow in the footsteps of sporting greats like Roger Federer and Tiger Woods.
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Beings are owners of their actions, heirs of their actions; they originate from their actions, are bound to their actions, have their actions as their refuge. It is action that distinguishes beings as inferior and superior.
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Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us.
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Brandon's super important to us and what we decided was it was probably best for the team and for him to put him on IR instead of rushing him back.
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I think money helps us. It helps us. It's our - it's our exchange system. But it does not buy you happiness. It doesn't buy you health.
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If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.
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This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.
