"Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains."

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Source : Carter G. Woodson, Charles H. Wesley (2008). “The Story of the Negro Retold”, p.427, Wildside Press LLC

Carter G. Woodson

#Past Quotes #Mountain Quotes #Gold Quotes

“Heard about the young deaf boy who used sign language-One day he told his mother a dirty joke and she washed his hands out with soap”
“The man who wants a garden fair, or small or very big, With flowers growing here and there, Must bend his back and dig. The things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've got to work to gain. It matters not what goal you seek, It's secret here reposes: You've got to dig from week to week To get Results or Roses.”
“I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.”

Source : "An Interview with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys". Interview with David Flumenbaum, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 3, 2008.
“We say that the sun is behind the clouds, but actually it is not the sun but the city from which we view it that is behind the clouds. If we realized that the sun is never behind the clouds we might have a different attitude toward the whole thing.”
“Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.”
“It says in the Bible that if you argue with a fool, you become one. Thatâ€™s why I donâ€™t talk to Fred Durst!”
“I think my most shameful thoughts are the things people relate to the most, because everyone has questionable thoughts sometimes, and it's easy to feel incredibly alienated and lonely when you feel like nobody else is having those thoughts too.”

Source : Source: logger.believermag.com
“I'm always looking at new ways to tell a joke so that it doesn't get stale while working on new jokes every night or I would go absolutely crazy and would want to kill myself. I just want to go in there and talk about what's bugging me.”

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