Henry Louis Gates Quotes

In fact, the class divide in the black community is now seen by some as a permanent aspect of our existence.

Henry Louis Gates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1950

Topics

CommunityBlackNowClassExistence

My guide had a copy of Palestine on my last trip to Gaza. He'd bring it out and show people what I was trying to do. That usually went over pretty well.

Joe Sacco

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If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

FearLeaderWifeHusbandYouLose

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

Jerzy Kosinski

LifeOwnLicenseHisSpecificWhich

I enjoy yoga a lot, not even for the workout.

Jessica Szohr

EnjoyWorkoutEvenYogaLot

There are people I've blocked for a long time who will still respond to every single person that replies positively to me on Twitter. I have quite a few cyber-stalkers like that.

Anita Sarkeesian

TimePeopleMeLongPersonWill

I think I'm dull. I would rather watch other people.

Mia Kirshner

PeopleThinkWatchWouldOtherDull

I see all kinds of people work hard all over the world, and some of them are barely making it. I don't just mean subsistence farmers. I mean people in the developed world who work multiple jobs, and because the cost of health care and child care eats up almost all of the living they make.

Stewart Butterfield

WorkHealthChildPeopleWork Hard

DC is good all round. He pushes the pace, makes you think what you're doing, makes you uncomfortable.

Stipe Miocic

GoodThinkDoingUncomfortableYou

When I started out, there were many different companies... you could leave and go to a different territory, and there were so many different styles. What we have now is WWE has survived the test of time, and all the other companies have fallen off the face of the earth.

Rob Van Dam

TimeFaceYouEarthGoTest

If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just how it is. It's not about the studios. It's about America and who goes to see movies. Women are interested in men and women, and men aren't interested in the woman's story. They just aren't.

Mike White

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The activism of marginalized people often comes with visibility and being heard. Which can lead people to believe that recognition and awareness is the actual end point. And it is not.

DeRay Mckesson

PeopleBelieveEndRecognitionLead

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

David Viscott

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