W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
The discovery of personal whiteness among the world's peoples is a very modern thing - a nineteenth and twentieth century matter, indeed. The ancient world would have laughed at such a distinction.W. E. B. Du Bois
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
Tammy Duckworth -
I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
Aby Rosen -
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
Ted Danson -
People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
Wendy Kopp -
I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
Van Morrison -
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
Carl Hiaasen
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
Hafez -
If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
Taylor Swift -
I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
Dan Futterman -
I would love to go to Ladakh - there are beautiful monasteries there and because I am from Himachal. I would love to go to Paris. I haven't been to New York, which I have heard a lot about. And, I would love to go to Kanyakumari. I think that would be interesting!
Yami Gautam -
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
Jack Nicholson
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
Natalie Massenet -
Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
Madchen Amick -
If you're not acting, you're not an actor.
Lance Henriksen -
Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
Jacob Bronowski -
We are anxious and open to all forms of doing business in China.
Ted Sarandos -
Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it.
Olivier Martinez
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If I'm on a bus and someone makes my blood boil, I'll pocket those emotions and put them in a song.
Jessie J -
Random things are luxurious to people. It's personal.
L'Wren Scott -
Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.
Albrecht Durer -
They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.
John Millington Synge -
What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
The discovery of personal whiteness among the world's peoples is a very modern thing - a nineteenth and twentieth century matter, indeed. The ancient world would have laughed at such a distinction.
W. E. B. Du Bois