Henry Louis Gates Quotes

My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults.

Henry Louis Gates

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• I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.

  

  Imelda May
  • Love
  • True
  • Inspiration

• There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector and the clickety-clack of the train are similar. There is the idea of the voyage - every voyage is a story. I wonder if film would have been invented without the train.

  

  Walter Murch
  • Wonder
  • Story
  • Train

• I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It's - it's amazing.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Amazing
  • London
  • Milan

• The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Power
  • Never
  • Twitter

• Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.

  

  Fat Joe
  • People
  • Man
  • Black

• I'm quite a precious painter; my style is a messy fine art - sort of impressionist. I do portraits, I love painting other artists, but recently, I've been playing around with self portraits, putting on different characters.

  

  Tali Lennox
  • Art
  • Style
  • Characters

• It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Country
  • Found
  • Fantastic

• The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Political
  • Change
  • Technology

• I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Mean
  • Restaurant
  • Belong

• You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Family
  • Business
  • California

• I'm into song-writing; I'm into melodies that break your heart a little bit. That's the thing that got me into music; that's what I look for in music for the most part.

  

  Danger Mouse
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Heart

• Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get answered. Because they have the internet. No matter what the question is, someone will answer their question.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • Up
  • Question
  • Morning

• I had real big boobs, and I just got tired of knocking over stuff. Every time I eat, 'Oh, Lord'. I'd carry a Tide stick everywhere I go. My back was sore, so it was time to have a reduction.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Time
  • Real
  • Tired

• Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.

  

  Tatyana Ali
  • Trying
  • Story
  • Photography

• The key is - I'll say the key - number one, I pray every day.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Key

• A poem should be a part of one's sense of life.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Life

• Today's consumer is less interested in possessing things and more in experiencing them. That's something the music industry needs to get its head around. Do we even need record companies any more?

  

  Jimmy Chamberlin The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Music
  • Today

• I really enjoy acting. I feel I'm getting better and better with each movie I make.

  

  Kevin Dillon
  • Movie

• And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I'd be happy to be there at 86.

  

  Lisa Scottoline
  • She
  • Happy
  • Mother

• 'Rocket Science' is really where I fell in love with filmmaking, I think 'Camp' was incredible, but it was so bizarre, and I was trying to find my footing in this world where you don't have an audience for immediate validation.

  

  Anna Kendrick
  • World
  • Trying
  • Science

• There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.

  

  Gary Neville
  • Time
  • World
  • Career

• I remember my brother Nash had just directed me in 'The Square,' and I was sitting in Australia going: 'No one's called me about working for ages. I don't know if I'm ever going to get another job.'

  

  Joel Edgerton
  • Job
  • Remember
  • Brother

• My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults.

  

  Henry Louis Gates
  • Brother
  • Parent
  • Privileged