John McWhorter Quotes

It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it's just different English, and that what you want to do is add an additional dialect to black students' repertoire rather than teaching them out of what's thought of as a bad habit, like sloppy posture or chewing with your mouth open.

John McWhorter

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We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.

Jim Capaldi

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'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being.

Jerry Saltz

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The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over Europe to lay the groundwork for a political response, as we did here.

Jeremy Rifkin

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Over and over again-in the movie, I have nine different people who have worked for Fox News network who have come forward and talked on camera, three of them anonymously, by the way.

Robert Greenwald

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Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality.

Jean Stafford

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I was always in love with the idea of making music - and always wanted to be involved in either the creative side or the industry side.

Amber Mark

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I hate parties. I really don't like public events. I hate dressing up. I am the worst celebrity ever!

Stockard Channing

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I remember a song I did called 'If the Good Die Young' - I wanted to have a lead guitar solo on there, and the label flipped out! It was too rock and roll. They made us go back and put fiddle on the solo.

Tracy Lawrence

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I have recently taken on two major challenges: running the CHC BOLD PAC and serving Los Angeles as our voice on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Tony Cardenas

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Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Tom Peters

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I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.

Robert Carlyle

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Like the producers of crops, airplanes, and books, producers of natural gas provide goods to meet the size of their available market. The larger the market, the more they can produce, and the more revenue they can obtain to cover their fixed costs and invest in future development.

Robert Zubrin

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