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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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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'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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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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Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down.
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Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after they're dead.
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We're betting, at this place and this time, we have people ready for change in the state of Maryland.
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Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.
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And wouldn't we be better off if every New Year's, we thought about the things we did right and we resolved to keep doing them, no matter how wacky they were.
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You're allowed to have gravitas when you've got the wrinkles to prove it, but not when you're attractive and younger - or, at least, you have to fight really hard to prove you're capable of productive thought.
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I've stayed in the best hotels in the world, but you could put me in prison, and I'd still have fun.
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I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love them to this day.
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I'm the most un-diva-ish person you'll meet. I'm never rude to people and I am always on time.
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We can teach about hip-hop history, we can teach about legends, hip-hop theory. It's been around so long that text books can be written about it. This is a perfect time to capitalize on and get kids excited about music education.
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When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss.
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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.
