Henry Louis Gates Quotes
Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century have not even wondered about the merits of the capitalist system.
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Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.
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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
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Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I don't favour ethics classes being an alternative to special religious education classes.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
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Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of to Democrats.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they are busy finding ways to take it away.
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I knew what normalcy was, and I wasn't having it.
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In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.
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I've always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.
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I do cardio, but I don't like it as much. I'd rather do weights.
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He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.
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The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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The most successful apps have taken a societal problem and built an accessible and democratic solution.
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Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century have not even wondered about the merits of the capitalist system.
