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> [I always said, you have to have a goal and an objective in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/i-always-said-you-have-to-have-a-goal-and-an-objective-in-life/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

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## More by David C. Driskell

> [I know my grandfather drank occasionally socially, what we call "taking a sip." And my father never touched the bottle. He condemned my grandfather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/i-know-my-grandfather-drank-occasionally-socially-what-we-call-taking/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

> [We were told, no, you don't do. There was this high standard of morals and a sense of responsibility. That didn't mean that everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/we-were-told-no-you-don-t-do-there-was-this-high-standard-of-morals/)

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> [I established relationships with so many of those Iran students that went on for years.And they were so different from American students. They seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/i-established-relationships-with-so-many-of-those-iran-students-that/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

> [That emphasis, from my parents, was always, "if you want something different from this" - they didn't say "better than this," because I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/that-emphasis-from-my-parents-was-always-if-you-want-something/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

> [Mary O'Neal used to say that I was teaching her course in disguise, as she said "in cultural disguise." What she meant was that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/mary-o-neal-used-to-say-that-i-was-teaching-her-course-in-disguise-as/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

> [I always said, you have to have a goal and an objective in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/i-always-said-you-have-to-have-a-goal-and-an-objective-in-life/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

> [Personally, I think that my father's ministry does have some effect on one. I perhaps thought I wasn't listening that well, but I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/personally-i-think-that-my-father-s-ministry-does-have-some-effect-on/)

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> [My students used to say, one such as Mary O'Neal, that I identified the students by their boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. That was the way I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/my-students-used-to-say-one-such-as-mary-o-neal-that-i-identified-the/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

> [James Porter said to me once, when I was talking about painting, he said, well, that's fine, he said, but you have a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/james-porter-said-to-me-once-when-i-was-talking-about-painting-he/)

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> [There was a young man in our community who said he wanted to be a minister, and my father was trying to mentor him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/there-was-a-young-man-in-our-community-who-said-he-wanted-to-be-a/)

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> [When I became a professional and fully understood what was going on, I knew that with all the love and care and mentorship that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/when-i-became-a-professional-and-fully-understood-what-was-going-on-i/)

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> [There was no real gender definition in the sense of how you treat people in those days with gender differences. You avoided them. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/there-was-no-real-gender-definition-in-the-sense-of-how-you-treat/)

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> [My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/my-parents-were-not-formally-educated-both-were-cognizant-of-the/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

> [I think I got from my father and my mother a sense of morality, of the do's and don't's in society; the notion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/i-think-i-got-from-my-father-and-my-mother-a-sense-of-morality-of-the/)

[David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/)

> [There was this judgmental sense of what was good and what was bad in my father's words. You couldn't necessarily shut the people out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/there-was-this-judgmental-sense-of-what-was-good-and-what-was-bad-in/)

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