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We 've lost something else: the relationship between men and women.
John Henrik Clarke
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John Henrik Clarke
Age: 83 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: July 16
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Union Springs
Alabama
John Clarke
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In Africa, the woman was co-equal. In Europe, the woman was a vassal. To some extent, she still is.
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All life is a test one way or the other.
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Some of us say, Lord knows how much I can bear. I think you can assume that you can bear more than you have a right to bear.
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The African had opinions about the universe that eventually turned out to be true.
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Eat bread. You don't know if it's been polluted. Drink water, you don't know whether it's been polluted. So living is a test.
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The one thing you never integrate at the ruin of your own pleasure is your institutions.
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You shouldn't bear humiliations.
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In the African matrilineal society, the lineage of the bloodline comes down through the female side. The Arabs who invaded East Africa and other parts of Africa reversed it to the patrilineal where everything comes down through the male side and the woman has no basic rights except that which the male is willing to grant her.
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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 people with no degrees are brilliant.
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Each generation must assume the responsibility of securing their manhood, their womanhood, the definition of their being on earth that in the final analysis is nationhood.
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I don't attend any particular church now. I don't believe in denominations, nor do I believe in organized religion.
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Our concept of beauty is taken from Hollywood, which is anti-black. We don't see ourselves as beautiful in most cases. Although we are naturally one of the most beautiful peoples out there, we don't see it. We don't get the point. Hollywood sets the standards.
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I make a special point of working on Thanksgiving Day. I have friends I go out with but I even make it plain to them. The standard reason for Thanksgiving doesn't mean nothing to me.
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My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our sad and warm songs together.
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In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then if you can read you can lead. When the leader gets killed while you're reading from page 13 of your charismatic program, you can bury the man with honors, then continue the plan by reading from page 14. Let's keep on.
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People rise and fall on the basis of the makings of institutions.
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I think many times we charge the Lord for things we can do ourselves. If only we realized how well we have been equipped.
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It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians left the best record of their history written by local writers.
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The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.
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I believe in doing good for good's sake.
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