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W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

The slavery of Negroes in the South was not usually a deliberately cruel and oppressive system. It did not mean systematic starvation or murder.

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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Slavery Mean System Cruel Did South

Most of the suits I try to wear are bespoke.

Suits Try Wear Most

I have this fantasy. I'm walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right.

Past Start Walking I Can Go Right

Pretty much every weekend, my wife and I have the shall-we-live-in-the-country conversation. I suppose it's something to do with getting older and feeling I want to shed some of the things I've been doing for the last 20 years and go back to my roots.

Wife Getting Older Roots Doing Back

They see themselves as athletes and only athletes.

See Only Themselves Athletes

I'm excited about how books work in a digital age. When you read a book, unlike a film, you are decoding symbols in order to 'see' the story, so it is collaborative in a way that a film can never be.

Work Age Book Story You Way

I will never begin to know what the accountants do or what the camera guys do, as much as I try to learn just out of respect for what they do and to try to make my job as manager more efficient. The most important thing is to let those people do their jobs while making it clear what the parameters are.

Respect Job People Learn Camera Try

Things have slowed down considerably since the new series has started airing and I am currently looking for work. It has been a nice year-long vacation nonetheless.

Work Vacation I Am Looking Down New

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

Only Immorality

From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.

Life Live Health Happy Free My Life

There is no question that the federal government sometimes overdoes it in issuing rules and regulations.

Government Rules Sometimes Question

I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town.

Worst Little Just Town Buddhist

One of the things that appealed to me most about comics was that you can pick the ones you like and build your own personal pantheon.

Me You Build Personal Own Things

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