W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife, - this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost... He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American.W. E. B. Du Bois
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
Harold Rosenberg -
If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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The only lottery I've ever won was a $100 scratch-off card at age 16, and the 7-Eleven clerk who sold it to me said I was too young to claim my winnings.
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You probably don't need more weapons than what's required to destroy every city on earth. There's only 2,300 cities. So, the United States, by that criteria, only needs 2,300 nuclear weapons - well, we've got more than 25,000!
Carl Sagan -
Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
Brown Campbell
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There are no free lunches in life. You have to earn it. I am paying my dues. People have accused me of having it easy because I am Amitabh Bachchan's son. Yes, I am his son, and I've never run away from it. I work hard to make him proud.
Abhishek Bachchan -
Relationships ending are painful, and you can choose to carry that, or you can choose to reframe it.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
Yishan Wong -
Religion is induced insanity.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Isaac Asimov -
Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
Ford Frick
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I don't want to be someone else.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
Canelo Alvarez -
Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of beau and the world beyond home.
Victoria Secunda -
Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
Maajid Nawaz -
In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
Safra A. Catz
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I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.
Kelly Reilly -
When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.
Pearl S. Buck -
Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
Kate Atkinson -
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
Francis Bacon -
There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain.
John Oliver -
The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife, - this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost... He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American.
W. E. B. Du Bois