W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
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I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don't think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get.
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It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I want to take on, and that is letting people know that they're O.K., too.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records.
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I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never know with his mind where things go. It's the same with Steven Spielberg, too.
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In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppressed, the working masses, and it seemed to me, mistakenly, that I would not find them among the Jews.
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In married life three is company and two none.
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My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.
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I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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I have to admit, I'm not patriotic. It has partly to do with principle, but it is also a phobia/neurosis.
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Ever since I started using guys, I feel so much better about myself. I feel so much more powerful.
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Broadway! Broad-way! I don't aspire to the middle. I aspire to the tip-tip-top of it all.
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And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am?
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
