Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
A prominent African-American author and scholar, he is best known for his novels, Dreamer (1998) and Middle Passage (1990), which detail black life in America. His other works include such non-fiction titles as The Joy of Being Buddhist: Dharma Essays and Stories and Black Men Speaking.
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 April 1948
CityEvanston, IL
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There was still quite a bit of political eggshell-walking, but this marks the first time that Bush has identified and described the real goals of radical Islam - to re-establish the mythical caliphate and the global dominance of Islam,
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I'm more concerned with bringing home trophies, rather than the colors. I think these are nice uniforms. They highlight school colors.
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I hear it's a snake pit down there.
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I'm extremely thankful. Without them, I don't know what I would do.
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It's a blessing. It's like always when I was a kid, I would say, 'I want this, I want that' as far as gifts go, but this is the biggest gift I have ever had.
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I told them (open shots) would be there if they would move the ball and run the offense. This was the best game we've played all the way through. (The offense) just clicked, and the boys did what they were supposed to do.
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It's not like we're trying to figure out ways not to serve the client, and I think that's the piece that gets lost when everyone is asking why didn't someone do this or that. We all want the same thing. The question is, can we find it?
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It's where common sense and nonsense meet head-up, ... Barbershops are the black man's country club. You can say what you want, no matter how crazy it is.
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Is this a coincidence, an example of amazing cluelessness, or something more deliberate?
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The research capabilities through this alliance will be unparalleled in our industry. The world agriculture market is changing at a terrific pace.
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This is more complicated than it looks on the surface, ... We can't just say to an agency, 'Yes you're approved and then we're going to snatch a contract away from you,' without us reviewing how well they are operating.
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We can't say (the defense is ahead), but I think we had a good game today. All-around the defense has had a good spring.
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I don't understand why these players aren't worthy of the presumption of innocence, particularly given that not one charge has been filed against them.