Ida B. Wells Quotes

I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people.

Ida B. Wells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SimpleTrainingSchoolPeopleWay

By the beginning of the 20th century, the debate about monetary policy and the nation's financial system had been going on for over a century. Increasingly, the shortcomings of the existing system were causing too much harm to ignore.

Jerome Powell

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I was raised Catholic. I went to Catholic school for 12 years.

Megan Fox

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It seems like a really fun way to make a living, but I'm truly terrible at acting.

Max Winkler

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I don't have a boyfriend right now. I'm looking for anyone with a job that I don't have to support.

Anna Nicole Smith

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I think everybody in Washington could use a curfew, to be honest.

Jeanne Shaheen

ThinkWashingtonHonestTo Be Honest

It is through science that we understand the world around us, and by understanding the world around us, we not only contribute to ourselves, our family, to our communities, etc. - you also contribute to the basic development and evolution of humanity.

Rusty Schweickart

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I loved Transformers when I was a kid.

Mike Shinoda

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Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.

Joseph Roux

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Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them.

Joseph Rotblat

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I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

Johnny Weir

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The world of marketing has changed. You can lead the change or be a victim of change.

Denise Morrison

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You know how most kids have posters of sports heroes on their walls? They gave me reams of the old news copy, and I had those taped in my bedroom. And I would practice reading the news.

Delilah

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