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W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

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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Women Fire Black Doubt Race Up

America says we are a great democratic society and other people should follow our example. Well, I say we benefited from slavery, and as a nation, we never faced that because the people in power chose not to.

Power Great People Slavery Society

If you had told me when I was at high school that one day I would be working for a for-profit company, let alone running one, I would have said you were crazy. But I am interested in how you can empower individuals to make change, and Causes is doing just that.

Change Alone Day School I Am Crazy

The last thing I want to appear is remotely jaded or bitter, which it could come across the wrong way.

Matthew Williamson

Wrong Want Way Bitter Last Come

George Lopez is always on the verge of hilarity. If he could ever think of something funny to say, if he had a funny thought in his mind, he's ready to go.

Funny Mind Think Thought Ready Go

There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.

Technology Time People Tools Nails

There's no such thing as a hit joke.

If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong.

You Find Wrong Everyone Something

I've written poetry most of my life.

Life Poetry My Life Most Written

When I was a teenager I loved acting, but I really just loved it for myself. I didn't like the fact that anyone else saw the work I was doing. When I moved to New York, I started to realize that I wanted people to see the stuff that I was doing, and I wanted it to mean something to them.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Work Myself New York People Loved

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.

Children Poetry Reach Stop Write

I grew up with a sister and a younger brother in a house where every evening was spent performing a dance routine in front of our parents with my sister.

Dance Brother Parents Sister Evening

Facts and particulars annoy me.

Clarice Lispector

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