Edward Wilmot Blyden Quotes

I would rather be a member of this Afrikan race than a Greek in the time of Alexander, a Roman in the Augustan period, or Anglo-Saxon in the nineteenth century.

Edward Wilmot Blyden

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• I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture.

  

  Damian Loeb
  • Culture
  • Like
  • Television

• I'm a total people pleaser.

  

  Zoe Sugg
  • People
  • Total
  • Pleaser

• I get cold - really cold - when I travel.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Travel
  • Cold
  • Really

• If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.

  

  Wayne Huizenga
  • Work
  • Care
  • Down

• There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Up
  • You
  • Without

• I'm more interested in photographing people who have done something, like writers or directors - even billionaires - as long as I can study them before I photograph them.

  

  Francesco Carrozzini
  • People
  • Long
  • Done

• I love Al Pacino.

  

  Rain
  • Love
  • I Love
  • al

• My childhood was kind of complicated. I have an older sister, but my father, my mother's husband, died when I was four years old. So I only had my mum and sister, really.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Childhood

• I feel very friendly towards your country, but make no mistake I will always be an Indian first.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Country
  • Mistake

• He begins to think for himself and meets Nineteenth-century Rationalism Which can explain away religion by any number of methods.

  

  C. S. Lewis

• I think I have a good head on my shoulders.

  

  Jana Kramer
  • Good

• I love words. Sudoku I don't get into, I'm not into numbers that much, and there are people who are hooked on that. But crossword puzzles, I just can't - if I get a puppy and I paper train him and I put the - if all of a sudden I'd open the paper and there's a crossword puzzle - 'No, no, you can't go on that, honey. I'll take it.'

  

  Betty White
  • People
  • Words
  • Puppy

• 'Tusk' was clearly a line in the sand that I drew.

  

  Lindsey Buckingham

• It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.

  

  Elon Musk
  • Life
  • Time
  • Important

• I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.

  

  Elon Musk
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Done

• English does have a larger vocabulary than other languages because of its history as the primary language of science and its global reach.

  

  David Crystal
  • History
  • Science
  • English

• I truly respect the people who are working. If they want an autograph from Patti LaBelle, they are going to get it. I have never separated myself from them. I never think you are better than the next one.

  

  Patti LaBelle
  • People
  • Respect

• There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misuse of money in Medicare and Medicaid that can be saved.

  

  Chuck Grassley
  • Money

• Your mental attitude is the most dependable key to your personality.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Attitude
  • Personality
  • Key

• For breakfast, I make an amazing protein shake with fruit, Greek yogurt, protein powder, flaxseed oil and honey. It's a nice way to get a healthy start and a little bit of sweetness, too.

  

  Lindy Booth
  • Nice
  • Amazing
  • Breakfast

• It is really crucial that folks focus on their own representatives. If you call or write a member who does not represent you, I can tell you that contact is going to be a waste of time. You might as well just talk to yourself in your living room.

  

  Ezra G. Levin
  • Focus
  • Contact
  • Member

• Yoko Ono was showing me some of these Haiku in the original. The difference between them and Long fellow is immense. Instead of a long flowery poem the Haiku would say 'Yellow flower in white bowl on wooden table' which gives you the whole picture.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Original
  • Yoko Ono
  • Haiku

• If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

  

  Bodhidharma
  • Great
  • Past
  • Blessed

• I would rather be a member of this Afrikan race than a Greek in the time of Alexander, a Roman in the Augustan period, or Anglo-Saxon in the nineteenth century.

  

  Edward Wilmot Blyden
  • Greek
  • Member
  • African