W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
These are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War.
Quotes to Explore
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I wrote 'The River' practically trying to rip off every lick that James Taylor had, so it was neat to hear him sing those lyrics because that's who inspired you to write them.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
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I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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I obtained eight years of elementary education in a two-room school, where I encountered a stern but engaging teacher who awakened my intellect with instruction that would seem rigorous today in many colleges. History figured large in the curriculum, exciting for me what was to become an enduring interest.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
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I can be not showered and dressed like a slob, but my lip gloss will be on!
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It's time to re-think charity. It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these freedoms must be our new cause, because without them, all of our causes are ultimately lost.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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'The Client List' is my baby. I always tell people, 'It took nine months to put this project together because it is my baby.' And, it really did take that long!
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The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war.
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My dad is good at sticking with stuff and he has a strong work ethic, which is imbued in me. Growing up, he would constantly ask what I was doing and was I achieving anything.
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As I tell young people in workshops, 'It's your country. If you came here on the bottom of a slave ship, if your people came here seeking political freedom – however your folks got here – it belongs to you just as much as it belongs to anyone, so claim it. It's your birthright. America belongs to every person who is here.'
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These are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War.
