W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.W. E. B. Du Bois
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
Gary Clark Jr. -
Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
Larry Hagman -
A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
D. B. Weiss -
If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
Olin Miller -
I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
Van Morrison -
I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
Taya Kyle -
I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
Carli Lloyd
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.
Zac Goldsmith -
I was a normal American nerd.
Jack Herer -
Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.
Jack Germond -
My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
Faith Evans -
Maryland is home to one of the world's most highly skilled, highly educated workforces.
Martin O'Malley
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How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics.
Olga Korbut -
Christian Grey - he isn't a real person. He's a superhero. A myth. He's like Bigfoot! He's unbelievable. He's unattainable. There's no actor in the world who could live up to that.
Jamie Dornan -
Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me.
Lennart Meri -
I would lie in bed at night composing letters to Kennedy and Khrushchev, trying to convince them that they really didn't want to blow up the world. It seemed so simple to me that we just shouldn't hurt each other.
Deborah Wiles -
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.
W. E. B. Du Bois