Ida B. Wells Quotes

The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.

Ida B. Wells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931

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One of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen was a Yupik wolf mask, made in Nunivak in around 1890.

John Burnside

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I don't really experience much embarrassment.

John Grant

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I'm not really a director for hire. You read these scripts and go, 'This is a really great script, but Paul Greengrass would make this so much better than me.' I usually say, 'I know who would be good for this. It's not me.'

Stephen Daldry

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A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's.

Stan Sakai

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Well I grew up in England, and I was in the London police.

Tony Greig

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I couldn't love a movie much more than 'Dazed and Confused.' I would argue that 'Dazed and Confused: The Series' would have been very much like 'Freaks and Geeks.' And that died a painful death because it was too good.

Rob Thomas

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My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.

Rose Kennedy

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I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance.

Rue McClanahan

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It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

Joseph Joubert

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I had tremendous success in show business - star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 'The Apprentice' was one of the most successful shows.

Donald Trump

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I think we've broken story after story that the rest of the media refused to break even when they had the story because they were scared of the story, or they just didn't think it was appropriate.

David Talbot

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My hair looks awful while wet, I will say that.

Chord Overstreet

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