W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.
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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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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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Horseracing already has the highest mortality rate of any sport in the world per capita to the people who do it. If you crash in Nascar you still have a roll bar, and a cage, and a lot of protection. It's built to crash, but if you fall off a racehorse we all know what can happen, so it's tremendously dangerous.
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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career.
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I believe that the essence of marriage is choosing someone who loves you for who you are, embraces everything about you, and building a life with that person. Whether that life is with children or without children - it's honestly immaterial to building a life with someone that you love fully.
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Can’t help it, but I love it Stand here, sing to you Brings back so many memories Many things we used to do ‘Till I see you here again Take care, good luck to you
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The glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
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There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
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Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.
