Henry Louis Gates Quotes
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I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.
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I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree.
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The BAFTAs give the British point of view, and the Oscars give the American point of view, but the truth is we're all working in an international industry.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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There's nothing wrong in men of God going into politics. It will help them to do what is right.
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The trouble with records is that they're too short.
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I loved the writing process. I loved it.
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Every trend in my high school was terrible! I used to wear my hair in a tight bun and let two long pieces hang in the front. I'd also wear really dark eyeliner and bright pink eyeshadow. For some reason, my friends and I thought it was really fashionable to wear a short tie with our uniforms.
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Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.
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It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.
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I think lot of Muslims have gotten fatigued by the way Muslim characters, even 'positive' ones, are portrayed in the media.
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The U.K. is so important to me. It's everything - it's my home. I love America, but it's so important for me to be here and be an artist and be well known here.
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Blacks are six times more likely than whites to be victims of homicides.
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I think, with Hank Paulson, the concept of a bailout was anathema to him from day one. He was a Republican; he's a free marketeer. He believes in capitalism, and part of capitalism is believing in failure. And so the idea of bailing out an institution, I think, went against every part of him.
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Most conservative and progressive talk radio is primarily just that - bloviated opinion and whacky viewer calls.
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Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.
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As the snake is separate from its slough, even so is the Spirit separate from the body.
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You want to talk about the fading of an icon? You never said I was an icon in the first place. But you want to talk about it in a derogatory fashion. You say the superstar has fallen. But you've never called me a superstar ever. It's only that you use these words when you want to say something derogatory.
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My goal is to get everybody in America to do their family tree.
