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Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for…
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Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people…
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A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.
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My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you, the in…
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To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.
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I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that…
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A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.
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What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a lot of…
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History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and…
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Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains…
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Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or…
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Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.
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I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning.…
— John Henrik Clarke
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We used to sing along to Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald records together. She had the most amazing voice ... She's always…
— Sheryl Crow
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The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that…
— Doris Day
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I got everything I wanted. When I was young in Kansas City, I knew nothing about Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald,…
— Count Basie
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Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on…
— Natalie Dormer
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I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.
— Bob Iger
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Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware…
— Ella Fitzgerald
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If you want to learn how to sing, listen to Ella Fitzgerald.
— Vincente Minnelli
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Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being…
— Norman Granz
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When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the…
— George Shearing
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I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.
— Johnny Mathis
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I moved to Louisiana to become the executive Chef at Commander's Place. And I must say I had some encouragement from friends…
— Emeril Lagasse
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