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Derrick Bell Quotes

My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: November 6, 1930 - October 5, 2011

Topics

Life Wife Proud My Life Trying She

I love the smell of shampoo on a girl's hair. You can walk past someone and be like, 'Wow, you took a shower this morning, didn't you? Because you smell lovely.'

Love Girl Morning Walk Past Hair

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge.

Challenge Excellence Me Challenges

In 1790 we had less than eight hundred thousand slaves. Under our mild and humane administration of the system they have increased above four millions.

System Above Slaves Four Eight Than

I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange - so I really like characters who are just the tiniest bit weird. I find enormous comfort in that - someone who's kind of normal just doesn't feel as true.

People Weird Feel Someone Find True

My first love is acting on stage. A sitcom is a hybrid of stage and film.

Love Love Is Acting First Stage

It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs - that it is the duty of Parliament equally to protect all the different interests in the country.

Opinion Long House Country Duty

I am a data hound and so I usually end up working on whatever things I can find good data on. The rise of Internet commerce completely altered the amount of information you could gather on company behavior so I naturally drifted toward it.

Austan Goolsbee

Good I Am End Behavior Data You

I go about in the world - free, busy, happy. Among people, I have no time to think of myself.

Time Myself Happy People World Busy

I'm a huge 'Game of Thrones' fan. I'm really into the 'Colbert Report' and 'Last Week Tonight.' And I really like to get on Netflix and watch, like, TV documentaries about: What happened to the mastodon? Or who was Jack the Ripper?

Scott Michael Foster

Game Week Netflix Watch Last Get

A fantasy of mine is being pulled up onstage by one of my favorite bands and singing or playing an instrument with them.

Singing Fantasy Up Playing Mine

This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because it is the theatre of God's righteous Kingdom.

Thomas Traherne

God Theatre World Kingdom Because

I don't want to be the only one speaking up for the refugees. I get all these comments from people saying, 'Thanks so much for your courage,' and, 'You're the only one who's spoken out.' But I don't want to be the only one speaking up.

Courage People Saying You Want Out

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