Henry Louis Gates Quotes

In 1957, when I was in second grade, black children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We watched it on TV. All of us watched it. I don't mean Mama and Daddy and Rocky. I mean all the colored people in America watched it, together, with one set of eyes.

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• My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.

  

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• My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.

  

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• If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.

  

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• In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
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• Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

  

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• We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.

  

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• The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.

  

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• Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

  

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• Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

  

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• Time is the devourer of all things.

  

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• Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.

  

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• Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

  

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• We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'

  

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• I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.

  

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• Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.

  

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• We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.

  

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• When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.

  

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• The E.U.'s 500 million citizens enjoy the right to live and work in any of the Union's 27 member states.

  

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• I'm quite gregarious. But when it comes to relationships, I mean, I'm no good at it. I suck at it. And people say I'm way too hard on myself, but I always feel like somebody else is going to say it if I don't. Why not just beat them to the punch so it doesn't hurt so much?

  

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• Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.

  

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• Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns.

  

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• Hillary Clinton understands that we have to invest in education and jobs for our young people, not more jails or incarceration.

  

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• In 1957, when I was in second grade, black children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We watched it on TV. All of us watched it. I don't mean Mama and Daddy and Rocky. I mean all the colored people in America watched it, together, with one set of eyes.

  

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