Beverly Daniel Tatum Quotes
Unfortunately for Black teenagers, those cultural stereotypes do not usually include academic achievement.
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There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.
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Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
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The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.
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Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.
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Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.
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I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community.
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The sort of lifetime achievement stuff that I'm getting now is kind of like Tom Sawyer's funeral because they all know I'm sick. I am getting buildings named after me and awards and stuff.
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Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.
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Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
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Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
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The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and … each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.
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Not the individual man nor a single generation by its own power can erect the bridge that leads to God. Faith is the achievement of many generations, and effort accumulated over many centuries. … There is a collective memory of God in the human spirit, and it is this memory which is the main source of our faith.
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I think every athlete wants to get sponsored. If you do really well in your sport, then I think sponsorship can help you get rewarded in that sense: doing what you can for your sponsor. It's just another achievement in life.
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Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
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Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.
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Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.
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It's a really big deal to have a star on the Walk of Fame; it feels like an incredible achievement.
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High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
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Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!
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I often go to lunch meetings with my agent, a gallerist or a casting director, but if not, I stay at home and prepare my own food because I love to cook. I'm great at pasta, fish and nice salads.
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Faith deals exclusively with believing God and His Word.
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The English dance unites the guests of an evening by the spell of rhythmical movement into a chance casual community.
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Unfortunately for Black teenagers, those cultural stereotypes do not usually include academic achievement.
