W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
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I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment.
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I've got to win every race.
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If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?
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One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.
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But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that's because there's been so many can do it better'n I can, play the blues better'n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things.
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I'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.
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A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.
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I'm a gay man who came out when I was 10 years old, and there's nothing in my life that I'm prouder of.
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Like the Negro League players, I traveled through the segregated south as a young man. Because I was black, I was denied service at many restaurants and could only drink from water fountains marked 'Colored.' When I went to the movies, I would have to sit in the Colored balcony.
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He was essentially a quiet man, a man who never wrote letters…
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If people knew who the angels were, they would be very nice when they saw one and would still do their same evil garbage when they thought none were around. Knowing who they are defeats the purpose.
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In '05, '06, '07 and '08, I wasn't throwing any changeups at all. Maybe two or three per game. In '09, I started playing with the grip, started throwing it in the bullpen and playing catch. It came out really good.
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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
