John Henrik Clarke Quotes

I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began.

John Henrik Clarke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 1, 1915 - July 16, 1998

Topics

AgeHistorySchoolPeopleWorld

If you're working for a good company and you're happy there, and you're being compensated accordingly, and your work satisfies you, you should stay there.

Robert Kiyosaki

WorkGoodHappyGood CompanyYou

I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway.

Toni Morrison

CharacterProblemsThinkingYouJust

When he was not talking about race, David Duke was a very pleasant guy to talk to. He was a very nice conversationalist. He seemed like a regular guy on the phone when the subject wasn't on race and on Jews and ethnicity.

Ron Stallworth

TalkingPhoneNiceRaceTalkGuy

I'm always trying to improve on my overall package. Just try to get a little bit harder and maintain the same muscle quality.

Ronnie Coleman

QualityTryingTryMuscleImprove

I didn't really come from money. So I wanted my thesis show to grab as much attention as possible.

Lucien Smith

MoneyAttentionPossibleShowCome

People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.

Lois Lowry

PeopleTurnOutThingsMostReasons

Misogyny not only for Joyce Banda but for women.

Joyce Banda

WomenOnlyJoyce

Ask where your meat and fish come from. Organic and free-range is a little bit more expensive, but if you can afford it, you will taste the difference.

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

FishYouWillMoreAskMeat

Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way. It's such a fulfilling vocation. I love it.

Kurt Elling

LoveTimeManThinkingFeelJazz

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with different planets in the solar system, and I used to create, for every single planet, a different alien race with a certain kind of pet, a certain kind of house, a certain kind of water system, and everything. I would draw these pictures. I had hundreds of these pictures in a box.

James Gunn

WaterPetHouseAlienCreateKind

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor.

Gwyneth Paltrow

YouUnderstandActorCelebrityOut

You know that genie where you get three wishes? One that has never changed for me is I would like to sing, and move an audience through song.

Henry Winkler

MeSongYouWishesKnowThree

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