W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
We shall never secure emancipation from the tyranny of the white oppressor until we have achieved it in our own souls.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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On right-to-life, see the Republicans flee from Todd Akin, who committed a gaffe while restating his support for what has been a plank of the Republican platform since 1980.
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I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.
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I'm actually beginning to believe that there is something in common among all of my characters. I'm not sure what it is exactly. But I guess that something is me.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.
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I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
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The reality is, if you were fortunate to be born to rich parents, you have a better chance of succeeding in life. And that's wrong.
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It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.
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Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.
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There's a part of me that wishes I could go out in T-shirt and jeans, 'cause I really love Patti Smith, Cat Power, girls who look so casual; that appeals to me 'cause I guess it's the opposite from what I do. But I can never let myself just do that - I always have to try and dress up and create something.
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Jewelry should not upstage you. I pick one hot point on my body that I'm going to highlight. Let one area do the singing - you don't want to hear three songs at once.
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What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit.
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A lot of people in my family have high blood pressure. Dre told me I better start hitting the gym... so I took his advice.
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I think sometimes when you want attention, you can wear sunglasses, and people are like, 'Who is that?'
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All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table.
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Countries that have the Internet already are not going to turn it off. And so the power of freedom, the power of ideas will spread, and it will change those societies in very dramatic ways.
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It is going to be a long, hard haul; it will require patience, courage, faith that hangs on when hope fails, if we are to tame the rude barbarity of man, so that the atomic age becomes a blessing, not a curse. There never was such a day for the Christian gospel. God help us all in these years ahead to make that gospel live in men and nations!
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The only time I did not know how to be, physically, was when I lost a lot of weight. That was the only time I didn't understand my body.
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God preserve us! If men knew what is done in secret, no one would be free from the interference of others.
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We shall never secure emancipation from the tyranny of the white oppressor until we have achieved it in our own souls.
