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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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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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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Irony is the first hint that consciousness became conscious.
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Species evolve to meet the environment. An intelligent species changes the environment to suit itself. As soon as a species becomes intelligent, it should stop evolving.
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Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
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I've seen the future, brother:it is murder.
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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
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Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.
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You're really lucky as an artist if you get a role that changes you as a person.
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I'm not married and I don't think that's going to work out for me. I'm not even bitter, I'm just exhausted.
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Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. It's the only way that I can do anything, even if I'm quite useless. It's the only area in being human where I could be a little useful.
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I played Joseph in 'Joseph & The Technicolor Dreamcoat,' which was a bit silly because I am a girl. I wanted to be the narrator, but I had fun with it anyway.
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I admit to subscribing to all the celebrity rags. The best part of being an author is if the celebs aren't being ridiculous enough, you can just make it up.
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I was always a little bit afraid because I found out at a very early age that once you make a record, all the mistakes and all the good things are there for eternity.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don't have children, would be the reason I have written a book on punctuation.
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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.
