John Henrik Clarke Quotes

When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I would be a writer. I heard her, but I knew that I had to leave Georgia, and unlike my friend Ray Charles, I did not go around with 'Georgia on My Mind.'

John Henrik Clarke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FriendTeacherDaySchoolMindMe

The descent to Hades is the same from every place.

Anaxagoras

PlaceSameEveryDescent

I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books.

Simon Armitage

PoetryThinkLanguageThreeNever

I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.

Shonda Rhimes

WantHoustonSingAbleLikeDid

My first stand-up experience, like most comics, was horrible. I got booed offstage. I thought I was funnier than I was. But the walk from the back of the room to the stage was the most excited I'd ever been about anything in my life other than kissing a girl. That's how I knew I had to get back onstage and do it again.

Tony Rock

LifeGirlExperienceWalkThought

It is time for a leader who will lead.

Mitch McConnell

LeaderTimeWillLeadWho

After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work.

Jordi Molla

WorkRespectWorldMoviesDirector

I'm on this road for the rest of my life.

Dennis Banks

LifeRoadRestMy Life

We were told by President Obama that in respect of international trade, we would have to get to the back of the queue - not a position that America normally requires the United Kingdom to be in when it comes to other matters, such as the Iraq War.

Boris Johnson

RespectWarAmericaBackMatters

I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh.

Peter Doig

LoveLivingQuiteHarshI Love

I saw the Internet as being something which would allow power mongers to control us, and that we would willingly go to that if it promised us salvation - if it promised to show us who we were and let us find ourselves as we had, uniquely in our generation, through rock music.

Pete Townshend

MusicPowerControlGenerationFind

One of my top priorities in Congress is making sure every American who wants to serve our country has the opportunity to do so.

Seth Moulton

OpportunityAmericanPrioritiesTop

My fans are so important to me, and I would never want to disappoint them.

Selena Gomez

MeImportantWantNeverFansWould

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