Henry Louis Gates Quotes

Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro.

Henry Louis Gates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The way we approached Meru, and the way we approach a lot of these mountains, is with humility. A sense of, 'Is it going to give us passage?' Your mental attitude can affect the outcome.

Jimmy Chin

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There are problems in doing television that have been plaguing me for years. I really like to have a lot of time, to rehearse and make things as good as they can be, but television often doesn't allow for that.

Joel Grey

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There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.

John Erskine

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No, we should not be afraid of the populists; we should embrace those they are fighting.

Jean-Claude Juncker

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My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.

Stone Gossard

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I actually really love Twitter - I used to feel angry and insulted when people criticised me or the shows, but now I don't take it too seriously. What I do love is that there's this great direct line to fans.

Shonda Rhimes

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God has established what man is supposed to do, and he expects man to do it his way and not a way independently of him. And when you do things independently of him, you have consequences you don't want to bear.

Tony Evans

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One of the billions of things I love about Beyonce: The harder she tries to come on crazy, the less crazy she sounds.

Rob Sheffield

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Growing up in the acting world, you have a lot of opportunities to change who you are and what you believe in based on how people treat you. I never wanted to do that.

Josh Hutcherson

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I enjoy my fun time and everything like that but I love what I do.

Christina Milian

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When you're doing something where you really like the material, it doesn't matter what medium it's in.

Christina Ricci

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Japan functions on the basis of everyone sharing certain assumptions, where each person knows his part in a larger whole. The foreigner sits outside and is threatening. If he comes in, that's the most threatening of all.

Pico Iyer

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