Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.
Quotes to Explore
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Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.
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I'm interested in ways that digital interfaces can be utilized as powerful narrative devices, and to engage people in new and exciting ways.
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People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.
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Sometimes a movie encapsulates a period or a moment in all of our lives in such a way that it never dies.
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One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have a muse, whether it's Frida Kahlo, Martha Graham, Marlene Dietrich, or Pippi Longstocking.
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My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving range and I played around at the range and immediately developed an interest in it.
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That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth. In a way, I'm using them to try to find my own answers in life.
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A well balanced, inclusive approach, is essential for the proper government of any country.
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The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action.
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I rise today in strong support of the Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act, because it is a commonsense way to protect our schoolchildren from pedophiles.
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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
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A wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.
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Whoa, lady, I only speak two languages, English and bad English.
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I daydream about things I want to happen, but none of it is more complicated, most of the time, than just really hoping that the good parts and the well-written parts are the ones that turn up on my doorstep.
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I wanted to be a part of something, To grow a program and grow the university into what it is today. I’m excited to be able to say I was a part of that.
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Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you. Thinking of you this holiday season!
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I know who I am. I have a very strong sense of self.
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It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness, and the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world, I take a lot less for granted.
