John Henrik Clarke Quotes

The Europeans not only colonialized most of the world, they began to colonialize information about the world and its people. In order to do this, they had to forget, or pretend to forget, all they had previously known abut the Africans.

John Henrik Clarke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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PeopleWorldInformationForgetOnly

I also learned to play Fruit Ninja on an iPad. It is quite hypnotic, and I hope one day to get past 100 points. I remembered that David Cameron admits to being an addict. I wonder if it helps him in his work. 'Great, just destroyed a pineapple! Reminds me, shall we send those grenades to the Syrian rebels?'

Simon Hoggart

WorkHopeGreatDayPastMe

The Church's role should be separated from the state's role.

Roy Moore

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I've had a great time doing it - being able to say yes to a couple of amazing shows.

Mary Steenburgen

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How come trying to explode myths about Texas always winds up reinforcing them?

Molly Ivins

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A combination of tenacity and luck brought me here today.

Judy Sheindlin

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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Joseph Joubert

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I don't know anyone who hasn't woken up one morning, one day in their life and wish they were someone else, or wish they could do something or wish they were capable of something.

Dichen Lachman

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NSS strongly supports the usage of space to provide benefits to people living on the Earth. The Iridium satellites enable first responders to communicate rapidly during an emergency anywhere in the world.

Bruce Pittman

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We covet experience; we have a secret desire to learn, not from cold prohibition, but from trial, whether those things, which are not without a semblance of good, are really so ill as they are described to us.

William Godwin

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Yep, I often lit the barbie with old drafts.

Richard Flanagan

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I think people choose to be offended by things as a way of bonding, as a hobby. They embed some piece of information into their brain without thinking it through because it's easier.

Mark Kozelek

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We made satires of everything - news broadcasts and TV shows that we watched. When I look at them now, they are totally amateurish, but I find it quite remarkable that we were so skeptical of the world! My parents watched them and thought they were funny; they really encouraged us.

Lev Yilmaz

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