Beverly Daniel Tatum Quotes
If young people are exposed to images of African American academic achievement in their early years, they won’t have to define school achievement as something for Whites only. They will know that there is a long history of Black intellectual achievement.
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I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
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In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
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I am not honest.
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If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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'Holy Smoke' is very brave because I don't think it's easy to watch.
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Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.
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In a changing global landscape, Europe will be more and more an indispensible power.
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Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
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If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for?
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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress.
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That is one dark house your God lives in, man. Alec shook his head. You can keep your Age of Faith. Whyn’t you find somebody to worship who isn’t a shracking psychopath?
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Won’t you help the government in saving Gujarat? Won’t you help us in maintaining peace and harmony? The Government of Gujarat appeals to you for help, appeals to you for shanti (peace) and sanyam (restraint or self-discipline).
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Our success or failure is not in the hands of our leaders. It is in our hands.
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Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.
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Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin or a skull, but you don't know what's inside.
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An important part of what the state does is preserving its history.
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The very first temptation in the history of mankind was the temptation to be discontent...that is exactly what discontentment is - a questioning of the goodness of God.
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I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution.
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I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself.
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If young people are exposed to images of African American academic achievement in their early years, they won’t have to define school achievement as something for Whites only. They will know that there is a long history of Black intellectual achievement.
