Henry Louis Gates Quotes
I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black?
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In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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Christ imparts the capacity of conquest to our lives every single day that we are willing to believe Him.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.
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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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All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.
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Do you remember campaigns like 'Keep America beautiful'? What about 'Buckle up'? I believe we need an approach like this to attack obesity. Let's be a good industry that does 100% of what it possibly can - not grudgingly, but willingly.
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My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.
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When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I'd get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit.
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I have affected the way women are regarded, and that's important to me.
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You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message.
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I think that, in the end, the military behavior and intelligence services are not very different from each other. It's an attitude of hunters; they're observing the prey.
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I'm really not that good at Guitar Hero!
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I fell in love with 'Star Trek' after J. J. Abrams's movie. I'm so into that.
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I don't like inherited wealth.
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As a kid, I was creative and unique, and I've had that my whole life.
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Canada has become trouble recently … It’s always the worst Americans who go there … We could have taken them over so easy. But I only want the western part, with the ski areas, the cowboys, and the right wingers. They’re the only good parts of Canada.
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Its a touchy subject, 'cause I never want to take it there, where it seems like it's all about race. But I feel like that's something that comes along with the territory of being a black quarterback. When you have success - 'Oh, you're a freak athlete.' Not, 'Oh, you're a good quarterback.'
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It only takes five people in black robes to determine such crucial issues for our country as abortion, pornography, same-sex 'marriage,' and religious liberties.
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I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black?
