W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

After the Egyptian and Indian, the Greek and Roman, the Teuton and Mongolian, the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world, - a world which yields him no self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world.

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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I knew Andrew Breitbart very well, and he was great. I loved him. He was a true provocateur who would be fun about it, you know.

Megyn Kelly

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The best investments are the easiest ones to approve.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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I was in 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,' and I like my bad boy movie movies.

Trudie Styler

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Today, tomorrow and every day, we will see at least 2,000 young children killed or seriously injured on the world's roads. This is unacceptable, preventable, and we have to stop it. We have the vaccines for this disease: helmets, seatbelts, speed enforcement, safe road design. We just need to use them.

Michelle Yeoh

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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

Lou Holtz

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It's always fun to be the underdog and surprise people. It certainly puts less pressure on you.

Derek Drouin

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A picador is the guy in a bullfight who helps make sure the matador doesn't get killed by distracting the bull. That's what TV writing is. You're just distracting the bull long enough to stick around for the next set of commercials.

Christopher Lloyd

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I've always been interested in both writing and music. When I first started getting published, I also worked as rehearsal pianist for the Boston Ballet, touring with them all over the U.S.A. and Europe - I wasn't making enough money from writing to support myself.

William Sleator

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We must face up to a difficult paradox: The U.S. can maintain a leading position in science only by giving up its desire to be number one.

Priyamvada Natarajan

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At 13, I loved how so many of my peers sang and played acoustic guitar, so I started recording videos with covers of famous songs and posting them online.

Shawn Mendes

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When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared.

Sean Durkin

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When the Christian faith becomes defined by who we are and what we do and not by who Christ is and what he did for us, we miss the gospel - and we, ironically, become more disobedient.

Tullian Tchividjian

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