Henry Louis Gates Quotes
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
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I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their displacement and to realize their rights, some of them forced to take refuge more than once in different places of the world.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.
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The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.
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The Bush tax cuts, they ought to be made permanent in my mind so there is certainty out there.
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The less life in a person, the more he will try to live off your life.
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Ueberhaupt aber bin ich allmälig der Meinung geworden, daß der erwähnte Nutzen der Kathederphilosophie von dem Nachtheil überwogen werde, den die Philosophie als Profession der Philosophie als freier Wahrheitsforschung, oder die Philosophie im Auftrage der Regierung der Philosophie im Auftrage der Natur und der Menschheit bringt.
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I'm a very sympathetic person, but that doesn't always come across in my work because I'm too busy being mad at everything.
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I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have some sort of impact. And for me that turned out to be comedy.
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Frankly, to be honest, I hadn't worked for two years before 'Murphy Brown.' It's a nice illusion now to think of all of us as terribly successful and talented people at the top of our profession, but that's hindsight. I had to pray for a job like this.
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I have no idea how much money I've got.
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Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves.
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The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
