Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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Saving a life overrides territories.
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The importance of creativity in our country is greatly misunderstood.
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Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.
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I like to run a lot. I play tennis, and I like doing outdoorsy stuff - fishing, canoeing.
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I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they're up to.
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The stakeholder approach to business sees integration rather than separation, and sees how things fit together.
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We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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I consider this world to be like a school and our lives to be the classrooms.
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I would love to blog daily but I have not been making time for it because my internet is very slow. Everyone should make time for writing.
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I’ve come to believe that the most dangerous man in the world is the one who feels no remorse. The one who never apologizes and therefore seeks no forgiveness. Because in the end it is our emotions that make us weak, not our actions.
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The events which transpired five thousand years ago; Five years ago or five minutes ago, have determined what will happen five minutes from now; five years From now or five thousand years from now. All history is a current event.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But I came to the conclusion that I should accept awards in the name of the poorest poor, as a form of homage to them. I think that basically, when awards are given to me, the existence of the poor in the world is being recognized.
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We are never so poor that we cannot bless another human being, are we? So it is that every evil, whether moral or material, results in good. You'll see.
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We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.
