Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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Queens perhaps perform better in the role of monarch because they never take their position for granted. Many kings have failed because they believed that the public would love them whatever they did. Queens knew better.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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No two wars are identical.
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And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
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Where there is flagrant abuse of corporate entities we must and will seek to tackle it.
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As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience.
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Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.
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Twitter was around communication and visualizing what was happening in the world in real-time. Square was allowing everyone to accept the form of payment people have in their pocket today, which is a credit card.
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Irony is the first hint that consciousness became conscious.
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He wrote stories about everything he saw, and he saw a lot. He walked through the streets of Brooklyn along the water, or leaned against the store windows on Livingston Street watching people hurrying along, making up stories about this one or that one.
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I like a semi-stressful massage - one where I can really feel something being worked out.
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Although I believe the Web has greatly increased the distribution of quality news, I do worry about those who don't have Internet access.
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I am somebody who respects Putin highly, but I'm not somebody who is against America.
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I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.
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I developed my taste for coffee at five, staying with my grandmother in Connecticut.
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The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.
