Henry Louis Gates Quotes
My producers and I worked with these consultants and came up with seventy stories which we think are exemplary of the larger arc of African-American history between 1513 and 2013. We covered half a millennium, and it's amazing.

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My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.
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I went over to shoot for six days. It turned out to be ten days, very nicely so. A little money.
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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
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Our responsibility as artists is to challenge ourselves.
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People are loving me because they don't even know me. "You're Bob's son. We love you." So I think that's a good thing for a father to leave so much that people are loving their children. I'm proud of that.
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I'm going to join them", he said. And he did. When Sveva fled, Rath stayed and fought with the rebels. And died with them, right there at the toes of the mountains. And was dragged with them into a big pile. And burned
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I think that the idea of reaching young girls that are in college is something that we are strongly open to because who better wants to know how to live a more purposeful life than people who are starting out?
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My music already has this oldish kind of quality to it, like you don't necessarily know what era it was recorded in, so it all kind of felt surreal and weird. Night after night when I played live, I was really trying to figure it out in real time, and I still don't know what effect I'm going for or what effect I actually achieve. Looking back, I feel like it would be arrogant of me not to appreciate the fact that I've been able to do whatever I want and still have an audience come see me.
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I am a black woman the music of my song some sweet arpeggio of tears is written in a minor key and I can be heard humming in the night Can be heard humming in the night.
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Whether we like it or not, we have all been born into this world as part of one great human family. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, belonging to one nation or another, to one religion or another, adhering to this ideology or that, ultimately each of is just a human being like everyone else. We all desire happiness and do not want suffering.
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The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all.
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I've watched it on and off. I don't know why everyone is fascinated by it.
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The events which transpired five thousand years ago; Five years ago or five minutes ago, have determined what will happen five minutes from now; five years From now or five thousand years from now. All history is a current event.
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We just kept waiting and waiting and waiting but never did see a sense of urgency from Washington.
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Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know.
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Amadeus found that travelers are not just looking for a low fare - they want choices, and are even willing to pay for amenities and options that will enhance their flying experience. Consumers are not always looking for the lowest price; they are looking for the best price that fits in line with their travel needs.
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I believe in divinity. Like the goodness that works through people. The God inside humanity.
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There's a lot of disrespect in the major leagues. I believe that the disrespect in the major leagues is at a high rate and is really bad for the game.
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Iraq deals with the United States regardless of who is in the White House.
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My producers and I worked with these consultants and came up with seventy stories which we think are exemplary of the larger arc of African-American history between 1513 and 2013. We covered half a millennium, and it's amazing.