W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it. All, nevertheless, flutter round it. How does it feel to be a problem?
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
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I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I get homesick.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute.
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We've always had a philosophy that we would always go wherever the joke is.
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Every time a new technology comes along, we feel we're about to break through to a place where we will not be able to recover. The advent of broadcast radio confused people. It delighted people, of course, but it also changed the world.
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When a fellow's got what he set out for in this world, he should go off into the woods for a few weeks now and then to make sure that he's still a man, and not a plug-hat and a frock-coat and a wad of bills.
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Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it. All, nevertheless, flutter round it. How does it feel to be a problem?
