Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well.
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Relationships are hard, so you have to know what type of man you want by your side and what their values are, what is important in his life.
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Everyone will someday be judged for what they do, and Jah is the only judge.
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I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.
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Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it.
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One of the first auditions I had in New York was for a commercial where I had to go in and audition to be a snake charmer... It was either some bank commercial or something where they wanted a guy charming a snake... I remember they wanted to know if I actually knew how to snake charm.
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I want to take Negroes out of the ghetto and put them in good neighborhoods in good houses.
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Is it possible to live in this world without the operation of will?
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If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.
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I'm exploring the long history of women, first of all, being silenced and, secondly, not being taken seriously in the political and public sphere. It's a call to action through understanding and through looking at ourselves again and trying to reformulate the whole question of women and power.
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When I used to teach yoga in Bangalore and Mumbai, I noticed many clients struggling to cope with their weight. During some days, they would come in with plans to work out harder than usual because of events they'd have to attend later that week. The insecurity of appearance is something everyone goes through... even I.
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There's something so delicious about holding onto a secret; it's something just for you.
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Coach Cunningham's my guy. Without me saying a word, he can read my body language and facial expressions and tell me exactly what I'm thinking and feeling. We're actually very similar people.
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I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.
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I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because of the relationship I have with my culture and what my music means to him.
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If you're wandering the streets, talking in gibberish, nobody ever asks you to change anything about your art because there's no context for people to look at what you do.
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They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.
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For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.
