Henry Louis Gates Quotes
Insofar as we, critics of the black tradition, master our craft, we serve both to preserve our own traditions and to shape their direction. All great writers demand great critics.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.
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I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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I remember, around age three, peas growing in the back garden. Pinching them from their pods and popping them in the mouth was my first realisation that food came from somewhere other than a shelf.
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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
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India may be the only country in the world that has been free of anti-Semitic prejudice throughout its history.
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The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.
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If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong.
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I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.
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Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and I will show you one who will never be admitted there.
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While trade agreements are negotiated in secrecy, behind-closed doors, we have learned enough from leaks to know that the result of passing TPA to 'fast track' these trade agreements would affect everything from food safety to environmental protection to consumer financial protections.
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To succeed [,] consider what is as though it were past, deem yourself inevitable and take credit for it. If you no longer believe, enlarge the temple.
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Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.
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I can measure the motion of bodies but I cannot measure human folly.
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One of the brightest lights of our time-a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman.
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When I look at each of my brothers, I see two things. First, I see the next place I want to leave a rosy welt. Second, I see a good man who will always be there, no matter how hard life gets for me or him. Then, I get out of the way because I realize he's coming at me with a wet dish towel.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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Insofar as we, critics of the black tradition, master our craft, we serve both to preserve our own traditions and to shape their direction. All great writers demand great critics.
