Carter G. Woodson Quotes

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.

Carter G. Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 19, 1875 - April 3, 1950

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Democracy is about institutions: it's about having things like schools and judiciary and the Ford Foundation, or 'The Nation' magazine - you need progressive institutions, you know what I mean? Those are important institutions to make sure that the government functions.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

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I would be surprised if they gave Meryl Streep her third Oscar for a film as light as 'Julie and Julia,' although, of course, Katharine Hepburn's third Oscar came with a very light performance from her in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.'

Robert Osborne

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After Dodd-Frank, the big banks were bigger. The small banks are fewer.

Jeb Hensarling

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The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the world.

Sun Myung Moon

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I did a film a few years ago where I gained a lot of weight for it. I was happy to do that because it was called for in the script.

Ruth Bradley

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I just have tried to adapt to the constant changes that happen all the time in my schedule and try and find any sort of mini-predictability and balance within my very unpredictable life.

Mikaela Shiffrin

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When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!

David Twohy

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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.

Claude Debussy

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One of the difficulties of not knowing for so long whether we were doing a fifth season or not was that we weren't really allowed to go out shopping for work.

Claudia Black

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When I played Imunique on 'Love That Girl,' that was on the other side of comedy - loud and out there.

Bresha Webb

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If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons.

Bruce Kent

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