W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

It can be safely asserted that since early Colonial times, the North has had a distinct race problem. Every one of these States had slaves, and at the beginning of Washington's Administration, there were 40,000 black slaves and 17,000 black freemen in this section.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BeginningBlackProblemEarlyRace

The NAACP believes the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party believes the NAACP is racist.

Jim Webb

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I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough.

Jessica Hagedorn

ThinkEnoughFeelingPureBeingLot

One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.

Andre Leon Talley

HumbleArchitectureImaginationParis

I like to get in a battle I can win.

Robert Kraft

WinBattleI CanGetLike

Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.

Michael Caine

MusicGrowing UpAmericanGrowingUp

Why do we cling to bigotry? Because bigotry, plainly, is convenient. It is a near-effortless way to both elevate one's stature and make a pity grab in this culture of victims that we have become.

John Ridley

CultureWhyWayBecomeElevatePity

My style is too versatile to be compared to anybody.

Smokepurpp

StyleAnybodyVersatileTooCompared

I don't listen to the albums that I make, and I don't listen to a lot of music as a whole.

Sia

MusicListenWholeMakeLotAlbums

One of my weaknesses is impatience. I just have this aching need to get great things done. Can't stand slow change.

Robin S. Sharma

ChangeGreatSlowStandGreat Things

Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!

Courtney Love

MusicSelfDumbCreationKindYour

When I was little, I was such a tomboy - I loved a baggy T-shirt and leggings.

Alice Dellal

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We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.

William Shatner

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