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W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

I believe in God, who made of one blood all nations that on earth do dwell. I believe that all men, black and brown and white, are brothers, varying through time and opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in soul and the possibility of infinite development.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963

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God Opportunity Time Men Soul Gift

'Annapurna' is a sort of novel. It's a novel, but a true novel.

True Novel Sort

I taught myself to read music at a very young age, so when I started to take lessons in school, the teachers used to give me other instruments to keep me busy, because I was more advanced than the other kids.

Music Age Myself School Me Busy

All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy for self-defense mechanisms, especially among artists.

Fear Art Sympathy Small Risk Made

A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things.

People You Know Strange Playing

I was showing up at the studio all the time with no bag, being like, 'I don't want to have a backpack. I've had backpacks my whole life, and I'm a grown man now. I should have something better.'

Life Time Man Better Bag Showing Up

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.

Life Work Perfection World Illusion

Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all.

Music Think Profound Greatest Most

'Superman' had nothing to do with the superhero or physical power. It's a reference to the book 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra,' by Friedrich Nietzsche, who wrote about the evolution of consciousness to reach a higher superman state.

Power Book Reach Evolution Nothing

While the war in Iraq was raging, I spent some time in neighbouring Jordan, meeting with Iraqi refugees who fled their country to try to find some place of safety. I interviewed many families about what had happened to them and what they did as a result.

Time War Safety Result Find Meeting

I'm going to change the way martial arts is viewed. I'm going to change the game. I'm going to change the way people approach fighting.

Change People Game Fighting Way

My style is a mashup of different eras, but each piece I have makes me feel good about myself. I do have a taste for expensive shoes.

Good Style Shoes Myself Me Feel

I want women to be comfortable with being imperfect. I immediately see how girls are afraid to try things that they won't be good in. And women stay with the things they're good at even if that's not what they're put on this earth to do.

Good Women Earth Want Comfortable

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