W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.

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• I happen to be quite fond of staying out late and sleeping the day away.

  

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• I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.

  

  Bear Bryant
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• You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

  

  Major Owens
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• With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.

  

  Val Kilmer
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• I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.

  

  Joanne Rowling
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• We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path.

  

  Rafik Hariri
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• The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • People
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• I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.

  

  Maiara Walsh
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• If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.

  

  Larry Gelbart
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• Many of depression's symptoms - exhaustion, insomnia, nausea, headaches, weight loss, weight gain - are physical ailments.

  

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• A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
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• To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.

  

  Quincy Jones
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• There's nothing wrong with being fired.

  

  Ted Turner
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• Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

  

  Edmund Burke
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• I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV.

  

  Wendy Davis
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• I think, because of the lack of guaranteed contracts in the league, there's hesitancy to speaking your minds at times. But I feel like there could be a movement beginning where guys are feeling a little more comfortable talking about things that are important to them.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
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• To me, cinema is not a movie or a TV screen, and it's not a seat in a building versus one in your living room. It's the art of motion pictures.

  

  Ted Sarandos
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• Everything can be going well, but if I'm not writing, I'm not happy. When I'm writing well, I'm like a different person.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
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• Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.

  

  Nate Robinson
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• I was a huge movie watcher, but I really loved 'Kenan & Kel,' 'Rugrats,' 'Doug,' & 'Catdog.' I was also into drama films, though, and I really loved 'Poetic Justice' and 'Set it Off.'

  

  Raven Goodwin
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• I am not one of those people who believe that MLK achieved more in martyrdom than he could have if he'd lived: imagine what a guiding influence he could have on the world were he still among us.

  

  Hampton Sides
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• I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure I will be a lazy boy. I like to take time and relax and enjoy life.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Life
  • Time
  • Done

• As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Race
  • Lazy
  • Negroes