Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic debasement of the Negro at times almost to the point of starvation.

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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
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I have always wanted to work with Lingusamy, as he is a master of commercial cinema. I have always admired his etching of female characters.
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You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.
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I got beat up sometimes in the girls' bathroom.
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Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!
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My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy.
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Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us.
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I like having curves - I'm proud of them!
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I'm a big believer in,'If anyone can understand my politics, I've failed.' If you can get a sense of which side of the fence I'm on, then I'm not doing a service. I'm preaching, and that's not my job.
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I quite like doing laundry. I find it quite like relaxing.
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Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere.
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My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.
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I'm terribly forgetful. I've lost laptops, cell-phones.
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Every time you think a negative thought, it's one step in the wrong direction, for me.
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I think we all are kind of colored by whatever we were raised with or what we came up believing in.
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I'm not that great with press sometimes.
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At the outset, I think that one should be natural, not just when it comes to writing but in every area of life. If you try to be something that you are not just to impress others, then it's a rather sad life.
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The media's image of us is as animals, and we were never that to me. I knew love from black folks.
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We had this budding baby band going and we hadn't reached that development we wanted to reach before we got signed to a major label.
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In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic debasement of the Negro at times almost to the point of starvation.