Henry Louis Gates Quotes
All of the guests on 'Faces of America' were deeply moved by what we revealed about their ancestry. We were able to trace the ancestry of Native American writer Louise Erdrich back to 438 A.D. We found that Queen Noor is descended from royalty, and that's before she married King Hussein of Jordan.
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As an author, I really hate a reader like me. There's no loyalty.
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To be honest, I wasn't a sci-fi geek at all. But I do love a good sci-fi film, especially one that can really take you away. And I read some reality-bending novels growing up, like stuff by Vonngeut, so I already had one part my brain open to the unnatural and unusual, and it's generally fun to venture into that world and film in it.
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The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them.
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I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.
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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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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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My son jokes with me that he thinks I Google the word 'sad' to come up with book ideas.
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I'm a little bit of a hippie at heart, so I always wear things that are comfortable and flowing.
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I've never been one to dwell on reverses.
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In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of literature. And so it goes.
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Where the Truth Lies rating has a lot more to do with the political climate in America today than it does with the film. It wouldn't have had this rating five years ago. There's nothing graphic in this film on screen; you can look at it, but you won't be able to see it, it's not there. There's nothing graphic sexually that's not about the story telling.
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I must have interviewed 600 or 700 scientists all around the world.
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All change begins with a DECISION. Once the decision is made, DISCIPLINE becomes the bridge between desire and accomplishment.
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Forceful actions arising from erroneous beliefs often create social effects that confirm the misbeliefs.
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On the other hand, with a sense of the sacred, one grows in understanding and
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When I was in school, one of my teachers was crazy about me. I once heard her tell another teacher, "I wish he was my kid for one day!"
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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Sometimes my scripts get so dissolved, and they're so different from when I wrote them originally, that I find it hard to find what I wrote in it.
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The intention of being married is the vow, right? You want to put everything into it to make it a success.
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All of the guests on 'Faces of America' were deeply moved by what we revealed about their ancestry. We were able to trace the ancestry of Native American writer Louise Erdrich back to 438 A.D. We found that Queen Noor is descended from royalty, and that's before she married King Hussein of Jordan.
