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William Julius Wilson Quotes

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor blacks.

William Julius Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 20, 1935

Topics

Great Depression Society Problems

Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived.

Johann G. Seume

Earth Nothing More Deceive Common

Designing a game can be like a Japanese garden. It's not what you put in but how much you take away.

Game You Garden Take Away Japanese

Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.

Robert Smithson

History Time Art Rest Faster Than

I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.

Always Out Up Position Grounded

Say what you want about George W. Bush, but the guy is a man's man. He means what he says, and he says what he means. Whether you agree with the Texan or not, at least one always knows where they stand with him.

Man Stand You Say Want Him

I'm basically a movie actor now, and my big roles are mostly horror movies - unless I'm doing a guest star or something - and occasionally I try to get back into television.

Doing Back Television Movies Actor

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.

Reading Name Army You Seeing Bad

I really like acting in English.

Acting English Like Really

I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends.

Writing Friends Done Hip-Hop Always

I mean, people need to remember without the grassroots, Ronald Reagan probably doesn't become president of the United States of America and he worked the grassroots on a regular basis during his political career and especially between the years of 1976 and 1980 after the loss in Kansas City.

People City Political America Loss

When you act a scene with Sidney Poitier, he listens intently to every word you say. You can feel your words hit him. He makes the scene utterly real.

Words Feel You Say Real Him

I've kind of gotten mad over the years, reading different Punisher stories and seeing multiple Punisher movies. Nobody gets the character right.

Character Reading Seeing Mad Nobody

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