Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes
The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.
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I think when you're a director, it's hard to do something unless you're absolutely over-the-moon in love with it. The audience, they spend 90 minutes with it, but for you, it's anywhere between a year and a half to three years of your life, every day, working on it.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
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I can't understand why someone wouldn't have a degree of sympathy for people that had to flee their country, travel to try and find their home somewhere, and nobody wants them. How could you not be a little bit sympathetic?
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.
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I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.
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Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.
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I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.
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I'm taking a vow not to advise.
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I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.
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For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.
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Why do we resist giving help to homeless men? In part because we don’t understand how our pressure on men to support families often forces men to take transient jobs that are but a step away from homelessness (the death-of-a-salesman jobs, the migrant worker jobs…) and in part because we respond differently to men who fail than women who fail.
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I think when you slow Enrique Iglesias down and really listen to what he's saying, it's an explosion of bad taste.
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The fundamental problem for the teaching profession is how undervalued it is and how underpaid teachers are.
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Exactly. They're stupid. Who cares?" "I care. They bother me. And that's why I'm stupid. That makes me exponentially more stupid than stupid. I'm stupid to the power of stupid." She waved her hand. The moon blew away. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." I looked at her out of the corner of my eye.
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Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.
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Why is it that countries which we call strong' are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it, why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?
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The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.
