Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
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Let us have peace.
Ulysses S. Grant -
When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened, and there was a certain amount of 'Who am I? Am I a criminal?' and so on. It took me a long time to come to terms with myself. Those were painful years - painful then and painful to look back on.
Vikram Seth -
I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
Laura Wade -
People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
Imelda Marcos -
The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
Sally Mann -
'American Music' is an inventive, passionate, pithy novel whose major theme is love itself and whose minor theme, music, is an emotional, meaningful counterpoint. Like Count Basie and His Orchestra, this book swings.
Kate Christensen
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The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.
Walter Bagehot -
I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Never in a million years did you think you'd ever be up there with those guys.
Carlton Fisk -
Don't even try to talk to me when I'm watching the moon. That's my moon, baby.
Wendelin Van Draanen -
In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives.
Gail Sheehy -
The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.
Ibrahim Babangida -
If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for?
Octavia E. Butler
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But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.
Abbey Lincoln -
My private life is quiet.
Irene Dunne -
I know I'm good enough to contend in each and every major I play.
Lee Westwood -
Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.
Lindsay Fox -
One of the astronauts I came to admire the most is John Young.
Peggy Whitson -
Sometimes people go to a yoga class and think it's not for them, but it might just not be the right studio or teacher - try a new one!
Payal Kadakia
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You're looking at a guy who has no reason to complain about anything.
Frank D. Gilroy -
What I believe is the more we can do for the middle class, the more we can invest in you, your education, your skills, your future, the better we will be off and the better we'll grow. That's the kind of economy I want us to see again.
Hillary Clinton -
You always love to fantasize you'll get your dream role.
D. B. Sweeney -
Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.
John Burdett -
The mere imparting of information is not education.
Carter G. Woodson