W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
Histories of the world omitted China; if a Chinaman invented compass or movable type or gunpowder we promptly "forgot it" and named their European inventors. In short, we regarded China as a sort of different and quite inconsequential planet.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
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I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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I take a lot of pictures.
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The challenge with 'Watchmen' is making sure that the ideas that were in the book got into the movie. That was my biggest stretch. I wanted people to watch the movie and get it. It's one of those things where, over time, it has happened more.
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I think anytime that somebody that works for the government lies, yes, they should be removed.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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The study titled 'Impact of Immigration on Wages, by Education Level, 1994-2007' found that increased immigration had an effect of lowering wages for earlier immigrants by an average of 4.6 percent. Running counter to popular perception is the finding that for native-born Americans, wages actually increased by 0.6 percent.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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Movement of people is taking place on an immense scale, and from a European perspective, the number of potential future immigrants seems limitless.
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There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
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There are certain guys you just take from different teams that you watch.
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Even with the sun beaming down on me I'm not sweating in my mind. I'm not sweating in my heart or in my career.
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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.
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14. Just as the sun gives light to the moon this heart bestows the effulgence on the mind.
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Histories of the world omitted China; if a Chinaman invented compass or movable type or gunpowder we promptly "forgot it" and named their European inventors. In short, we regarded China as a sort of different and quite inconsequential planet.
