Henry Louis Gates Quotes

In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it.

Henry Louis Gates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.

Joanna Newsom

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The world is such a big place, and there's so much that goes on, but a lot of the media really just cover the same thing over and over again.

Jenna Bush

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Terry said he had this new kid and his wife didn't want to live in England. He wanted to tour. He hated being in the studio. Terry liked seeing various bars the world over and getting smashed out of his brain. He was a sort of latent Keith Moon.

Andy Partridge

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I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true of anyone's career.

Ann Dowd

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I've learned to accept that I'm a children's writer, even if it's not what I set out to become. It's what I should have been all along, and I'll stay in this role as long as I'm a writer.

Jeff Kinney

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I don't find anything interesting about the choices a character faces in major films or theater projects. The characters are just cut-out dolls with the American flag sewn on them.

Amanda Plummer

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Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.

Stephen Kinzer

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With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.

Tom Hiddleston

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Everything that I've done on television has helped me to get the exposure that I need.

Loni Love

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When it comes to spiritual truth, how can we know that we are on the right path? One way is by asking the right questions - the kind that help us ponder our progress and evaluate how things are working for us.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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I have no problem with saying I am a socialist or with saying I'm a feminist. That's how I was when I was 15, and you know, I haven't grown out of it and probably never will.

Cherie Blair

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I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook.

Coolio

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