Henry Louis Gates Quotes
So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then I started to wonder if the music wasn't affecting my writing in ways that I didn't necessarily intend.
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Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room.
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We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
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Nolan has the strangest affect on people. You know, I think there's something very sad and little boy about him, but at the same time the way he goes about everything is so awkward and obnoxious. He can never say the right thing, you know? And I think if he just didn't try so hard and calmed down, people might actually like him a bit more!
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A nascent economy needs a transparent and accountable government and an efficient civil service to help meet social needs. Its people need jobs and a belief in their country's future. A surfeit of aid has been shown to be unable to help achieve these goals.
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It is well past time for President Abbas to stand up and condemn all acts of violence, rather than encouraging violence by glorifying terrorists and teaching children to view Israelis as animals.
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I’m not only uninterested in having children. I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it is nothing but vanity, human vanity.
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'I am a material to be used that will not cost you any money. I am afraid to collect money from you because if I collect it, it will affect the gift and grace of God in my life.'
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'They’re absolutely necrotic, aren’t they?' Colin whispered behind his order of service.'It’s late twentieth century atonal,' Dunworthy whispered back. 'It’s supposed to sound dreadful.'
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Cause when you're a Celebrity,It's adios reality.You can act just like a fool.People think you're coolJust cause you're on TV.I can throw major fitsWhen my latte isn't just how I like it.They say I've gone insane,I'll blame it on the fame,And the pressures that it goes withBeing a Celebrity.
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You cannot build a great nation or brotherhood of man by spreading envy or hatred.
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A certain amount of anger doesn't make us less empathetic, less humane, less loving. It just makes us real.
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Every breakup is preceded by a bad relationship. So breakups should be cause for celebration and triumph.
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I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people.
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I don't have slim children. I have hearty ones.
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Arcade Fire seems to be doing very well; certainly, Phoenix is doing very well.
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As a child, I always enjoyed - my parents used to have these little cocktail parties - and I always loved trying to get the adults to tell me things they weren't supposed to say. And in many ways, that's what my job is today; it's getting people to tell me things that they probably are otherwise not supposed to say.
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It is 60 years since the restoration of diplomatic relations, but relations between Japan and Russia have much deeper roots. In all, our diplomatic ties date back 150 years, more than 150 years now.
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Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
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I think, at some point, we have to be followers of Christ - not followers of White Christ, or any other color Christ, for that matter.
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The spinning wheel means national consciousness and a contribution by every individual to a definite constructive national work.
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So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.
