Henry Louis Gates Quotes
In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white.
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I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity.
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My parents always say I have really good legs. I've worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.
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I am obsessed with John Mayer. I love him. I just think he's so talented. I have his documentary in my iTunes. I watch it all the time.
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Twice, adv. Once too often.
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I live the life of a farmer. I don't see how I could wear Lagerfeld's designs while feeding my goats. I have respect for Lagerfeld as a man, but I would have so much more for him if he, in turn, respected animals. We do not live in the same world.
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People aren't taking their time with the music no more. There's less quality in the records.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
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When I arrived in Las Vegas, I felt I was embraced by it.
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Acting and the industry of making movies is beautiful, but it's so exhausting and such hard work; if you don't absolutely 100% want to do something, it defeats the purpose.
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I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.
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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner.
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People used to name me the Brazilian Pistorius. Thank God I'm not the Brazilian Pistorius any more. I'm Alan.
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April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.
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Start small, think big. Don’t worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things to begin with, and then progress to more complex ones. Think about not just tomorrow, but the future. Put a ding in the universe.
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In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white.
