W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
Little of beauty has America given the world save the rude grandeur God himself stamped on her bosom; the human spirit in this new world has expressed itself in vigor and ingenuity rather than in beauty.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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When I wake up on a Sunday morning with a slight hangover, in the gym with no makeup on, that's who Natalie Dormer really is. The girl next door who gets a spot on her forehead occasionally.
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My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.
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You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.
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I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: 'What am I? What is the meaning of my existence as I experience it?'
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I am looking for friends. What does that mean - tame?" "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties." "To establish ties?" "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.
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Little of beauty has America given the world save the rude grandeur God himself stamped on her bosom; the human spirit in this new world has expressed itself in vigor and ingenuity rather than in beauty.
