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John Henrik Clarke has 59 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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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You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams.
— Herb Brooks
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What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No…
— Gabriel Byrne
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I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be…
— Gary Allan
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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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In the 80s, in the cover band I was in, we'd slip in original material. If you didn't say anything about it,…
— Andy Wilkinson
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Wandering around back stage at a willie Nelson concert is a bit like being the parrot on the shoulder of the guy…
— Kinky Friedman
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Willie was a salesman. And for a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life?. He's a man way out there in…
— Arthur Miller
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Do you recognise me?" he asked. Willie looked hard and considered before finally replying "Lie down so I can recognise you.
— Willie Pep
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The nearest I have ever seen to the great Willie Pep
— Angelo Dundee
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Michael Phelps and Willie Nelson are teaming up to do an album. ... They're covering The Doobie Brothers.
— Reba McEntire
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I never dreamed about being President, I wanted to be Willie Mays.
— George W. Bush
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If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself.
— Ken Griffey, Jr.
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