"TV is the rat race of the century."
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"I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that race must be the most important thing about me. Is that what I want on my gravestone: Here lies an African American?"
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"Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race."
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"My fans freak out and think I'm never going to race again. And I don't want them to do that because I want them to be there to pull for me in the truck series next year."
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"Let brothers and sisters from one end of the world, speak in all brotherly love, all affection, and one sweetness, to their brothers and sisters in the other extremity of the world. Then we shall succeed in rearing up one vast cathedral in this world, where men of all nations and races shall glorify the Supreme Ruler of the Universe."
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"In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim."
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"Races, better than we, have leaned on her wavering promise, Having naught else but Hope."
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"At the bottom of all these noble races the beast of prey, the splendid blond beast, prowling about avidly in search of spoil and victory."
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"Strip the human race, absolutely naked, and it would be a real democracy. But the introduction of even a rag of tiger skin, or a cowtail, could make a badge of distinction and be the beginning of a monarchy."
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"The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out the statistics. It is the pulpit's way - the optimist's way."
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"Every man is in his own person the whole human race without a detail lacking....I knew I should not find in any philosophy a single thought which had not passed through my own head, nor a single thought which had not passed through the heads of millions and millions of men before I was born."
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"It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race."
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"Everyone's heard about the military-industrial complex, but they know very little about the medical-industrial complex...(in) a medical arms race."
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"I have a theory. An audience doesn't need to get wrapped up in blackness every time they see a Negro actor. And a movie doesn't have to be about race just because there's a Negro in it."
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"The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights."
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"The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel zu schwach In ungewohnter Hohe nicht zu schwindeln.]"
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"Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color"
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"The analogy I use is that 'World of Warcraft' is like going to the mall: you see a ton of people there, but you don't really want to interact with them; you just want to know you're part of the human race. And if you get in trouble, you'll know someone else is there."
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"It's very uncomfortable to talk about race. It often devolves before it begins."
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"Why will our elections be equal? Because neither differences in regard to property (differences partly existing) nor differences of race and nationality will cause any privileges or disadvantages. Women will enjoy the right to elect and be elected equally with men. Our elections will be really equal."
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