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"Every nation, every race, has not only its own creative, but its own critical turn of mind; and is even more oblivious of the shortcomings and limitations of its critical habits than of those of its creative genius."
"John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future."
"Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality - of humankind's inclination towards evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world's disarray."
"Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging."
"There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey."
"There was once a caustic comment from someone suggesting I was breeding a new race. Fans from different countries have married, amazing things like that. I've been to some of the weddings. I went to one here the other day, a pagan ceremony."
"I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while."
"Misplaced hate makes disgrace the races."
"Like Guitar in Son of Solomon, and Son in Tar Baby, he believed that harmony could never exist between the races."
"The problem with the race to the bottom is that you might win"
"The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward."
"Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes."
"I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space."
"Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers. I think the human race has no future if it doesn't go into space. I therefore want to encourage public interest in space."
"Recapitulation provided a convenient focus for the persuasive racism of white scientists; they looked to the activities of their own children for comparison with normal adult behavior in lower races."
"America stands unique in the world: the only country not founded on race but on a way, an ideal. Not in spite of but because of our polyglot background, we have had all the strength in the world. That is the American way."
"Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature unconsciously."
"All normal human beings have soi-disant mixed-up glands. The race is divided into two parts: those who know this and those who do not."
"The human race is facing all kinds of problems, and all we are doing is pointing fingers and saying, 'Your interpretation of the problem is different from my interpretations of the problem."
"The greatest ability in the whole human race and all amongst the livingness, is the ability to help."
