Henry Louis Gates Quotes

We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.

Henry Louis Gates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LearningAttitudeCommunityCity

Lazy doesn't exist. Lazy is a symptom of something else. The person who can't get up off their butt is just a person who's depressed. It's usually a pervasive lack of self-worth, or a feeling of helplessness.

Jillian Michaels

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If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops.

John Buford

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One of the most productive times in my early writing life was while I had a full-time job as a word processor in a law firm and also worked part-time at night, often working until 11:00 P.M.

John Lescroart

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Well, there's no doubt about the fact that, that higher energy prices lead to greater conservation, greater energy efficiency, and they also, of course, play a useful role on the supply side.

John W. Snow

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I do not deal in any confidential information. What I do is provide advice.

Stockwell Day

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There's nobody I look up to, really.

Rod Stewart

LookNobodyUpReally

I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em.

Rod Stewart

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I am very puzzled by the fact that young people are getting infected again. They don't take precautions despite an enormous amount of information. It's like riding a race car at 200 kilometers an hour. Some people like the risk.

Luc Montagnier

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It's so cheap to just release a movie. You can do it by yourself if you have to. Put in on the Internet if you have to.

Judy Greer

YourselfYou Can Do ItInternetYou

You can't get much whiter than me.

Pitbull

MeYouGetThanMuch

Shakespeare was writing about his time, and it was a time when women were beginning to demand a voice, demand a say in their lives for one reason or another, mainly to do with the economics of the time.

Phyllida Lloyd

WomenTimeBeginningEconomicsVoice

I was always scared in the amateurs, but the minute I got in the ring it was like another person took over. I become more vicious. In there I love to hurt people. Outside I can't hurt a bug.

Nonito Donaire

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