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"An impressively researched and documented collection of the finest thought produced by writers throughout the African Diaspora. A magnificent achievement."
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113 Quotes by Henry Louis Gates
Henry Louis Gates has 113 quotes on this site.
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Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.
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America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just…
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The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.
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Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.
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Learning to sing one's own songs, to trust the particular cadences of own's voices, is also the goal of any…
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The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale…
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There haven't been fundamental structural changes in America. There's been a very important symbolic change and that is the election…
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I want to be black, to know black, to luxuriate in whatever I might be calling blackness at any particular…
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If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith.
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My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to…
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The thing about living in a village at the foot of a mountain is that the world for you becomes,…
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In 1957, when I was in second grade, black children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We watched…
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
— Neil Armstrong
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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