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african-american black call-me
I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. Herman Cain
african blacks cotton fields hear mexicans music opera whites work
I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A lot of Mexicans - the blacks and the whites and the Mexicans, all out there singing, and it was like an opera in the cotton fields, and I can still hear it in the music that I write and play today. Willie Nelson
african educating food involves people west
It's what we are about. Everything we do involves educating people about who we are and West African food. Rose Thomas
african alive ancestry dna homeland tells trace turns wherever
It turns out that every person alive today can trace his or her ancestry back to Africa. Everyone's DNA tells a story of a journey from an African homeland to wherever you live. Spencer Wells
african belong carry experience happened shame swept
Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still experience it because we're a part of the African race. If it happened to one, it happened to all. We carry that burden. Lupita Nyong'o
african-american world imagine
Imagine what a harmonious world it... Quincy Jones
african coming human leaders record reject rights stand turn whose
For African leaders to stand up and reject someone whose turn it is because of his human rights record could be a real coming of age. Reed Brody
african appreciation citing creation diversity echo equality estate god humanity injustices land past promised society
For African American ideals, "The Promised Land" is not a land to be "reclaimed" after hundreds, or even thousands, of years, citing God as the real estate agent. The Promised Land doesn't echo the injustices of the past by, in part, replicating them upon others. The Promised Land is the creation of a just society with an appreciation for the diversity of all humanity and equality for all. Joseph Anderson
african appreciation citing creation diversity echo equality estate god humanity injustices land past promised society
For African American ideals, ""The Promised Land"" is not a land to be ""reclaimed"" after hundreds, or even thousands, of years, citing God as the real estate agent. The Promised Land doesn't echo the injustices of the past by, in part, replicating them upon others. The Promised Land is the creation of a just society with an appreciation for the diversity of all humanity and equality for all. Joseph Anderson
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Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked like a reject from New Kids On The Block. Terrible. Jamie Bamber
baseball cloud dark entire risk rumor signing whether
Right now there's a risk in signing any baseball player, whether or not there's been a rumor about him or not. There's a dark cloud over the entire sport. Jeff Chown
baseball everybody guys knows mind worried
This is a pitchers' ballpark. Everybody knows that here. It's not in my mind anymore. I'm just here to play baseball -- that's what I'm going to do. Some of these guys are worried about it. That's not by business. Jose Guillen
baseball sock ask-me
All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don't know except it looked good. Babe Ruth
baseball kids heaven
I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime. Babe Ruth
baseball four happy kids lost next row searching time turned unique
We're happy to be 6-5. We've turned the corner. The thing is, we were 2-5 at one time (after having) lost four in a row and were frustrated. We were searching for some identity. The kids turned it around. That's what is unique about baseball that you can't do with basketball. You have to do get after it the next day. Jim Stoyle
baseball chances commit committing error five high improve innings school single
We did not commit a single error in the game. When you can go five innings in high school baseball without committing an error, you improve your chances of winning. Andy Keith
baseball thinking next-day
Sometimes I'll be confident and go into a shop and say, "Hello, yeah, all right," and then the next day, if someone looks at me or talks to me, I just don't know what to do. If you're walking down the street with a baseball cap, you might be fine. But if you're in a pub and you see someone look at you, you think the worst thing in the world now is if they come over. It's a really weird feeling. Ricky Gervais
baseball thinking color
Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer. Branch Rickey
certainly common constitution help holds impart knowledge particular presidents share spent thread
Anything we can do to help impart knowledge of our Constitution is important. If we spent a day recognizing, say, presidents or particular people, this certainly is the one thing we share in common - our Constitution. It's the thread that holds us all together. G. H. Hardy
certainly lack pulling respect shows stunt
Pulling a stunt like this (which is certainly not a first) shows a lack of respect for the audience. Marc Berman
certainly difficult touched workers
The salaried workers are certainly going to be touched by this. By how much, it's difficult to say. Brad Rubin
certainly chips deciding fall playing style team win
It would certainly help. I think that would go a long way to deciding the team that comes out victorious. I think they probably feel like they can win playing our style and we feel like, if the chips fall right, we can win playing their style. Kirby Dean
certainly high months rise saw three week
The rise won't be as high as we saw a week ago, certainly not as high as we saw three months ago. Gary Bardini
certainly closer dose fact good resolution
This (Greenspan speech) is certainly a dose of good news, coupled with the fact that we may be getting closer to a resolution to the election. Walt Czaicki
certainly everybody far game goes great monday night philly playing since stepped team
This goes to show how far we've come since 2004. We were playing a great team like Philly on a Monday night with everybody watching. That's what you play the game for. We certainly stepped up to the challenge. Michael Vick
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This gives the Fed license to continue executing monetary policy. If they see any signs of slow growth in employment, industrial production, or retail sales, they certainly have the green light to make another cut. They have total flexibility to do whatever it takes to prevent a recession. Anthony Chan
certainly serve structure
(This) could certainly serve as a structure for a different format. Mike Slive
definitely everybody football hard knows race turn
This is definitely what you play for. Everybody knows it's football season, but when you have a race like this, it's hard to turn around from it. Jimmy Rollins
definitely elated entire longer plan saw took voted wisdom
This is definitely what we anticipated all along. It just took a little longer than we expected. We're elated that the commissioners saw the wisdom of the entire plan and voted accordingly. Jim Smith
definitely fast good race seen sure track
This is definitely the smoothest that I've ever seen this place. I'm still not sure what the race is going to be like, but I think it's going to be good because the track is just really, really fast right now. Jeff Gordon
definitely time
This is definitely the right time to get started. Daniel Wilson
definitely mature since smartest team
This is definitely the most talented, smartest and mature team I've been on since I've been here. E. O. Wilson
definitely gold hard matter medal olympics walk win
This is hard to swallow. It's not the way I wanted it to end. If you win a gold medal at the Olympics it doesn't matter what else you've done. I definitely wanted to walk away from here on top. Daron Rahlves
definitely greatest personally sun
This is one of those days, I don't want it to end, ... I don't want to see the sun set. It's definitely the greatest day of my life, professionally and personally up to this point. Tony Stewart
definitely response vaccine
The vaccine may be appropriate in Asia, but our first response would definitely be culls and quarantines, Philip Tod
definitely good late productive season
That's what we're here for. For us to be able to come in and be productive this late in the season is a good thing. You definitely want that going into the playoffs. Lamond Murray
feeling missing
After missing so many, I had a feeling I was going to make it, ... That's one of my better pars of the year. Mark Calcavecchia
feeling good looks means
Sometimes it looks good but you are not feeling comfortable inside. But if it looks good, it means it is good. Tatiana Totmianina
feeling good last shot
I've been feeling good about my shot for the last two weeks. Adam Haluska
feeling
I've never had a feeling like this before, Kenny Phillips
feelings world events
Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world. Archibald MacLeish
feelings looks portraiture
When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how they live and what their feelings are... It then becomes more than just physiognomy, but the feel of the person. Jamie Wyeth
feelings littles delicate
I'm feeling a little delicate. Aung San Suu Kyi
feelings hawks
Either you have the feeling or you don't. Hawk Davies Daniel Handler
feelings mind literature
Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual. Bram Stoker
good remembers
As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that. Chairon Isenia
good jobs month
Our expectations have been pretty diminished. A good month used to be 300,000 more jobs and now it is 200,000. Jared Bernstein
good happen job shot turn
Offensively, if we don't turn it over, we're going to score, and we did a good job of that in the first half. We can shoot, so when we get a shot at the basket, good things are usually going to happen for us. Tim Parmeter
good separation
Defensively, we were just about as good as we could be. Offensively, when the separation occurred, it was because we did some things out of character. Fran Dunphy
good great hope leave nice polite
D.C. fans, I think, are so good. They just come up to me, and they're so nice and so polite and just, 'Hey, I hope you have a great career,' and 'How are you doing, everything's good?' That's pretty much where they leave it at. Bryce Harper
good tournament
Dayton put on a very good tournament and they wrestled very well to win. Ariah Fasana
good heat house might stop trying warm
Compassionate conservatism is like trying to heat up an old house with warm thoughts. It might make you feel good but it doesn't stop you from freezing, Tom Harkin
good hoped pitches sitting three throw throwing
(Cobb) was throwing three pitches for strikes, so I went up there sitting on the change-up. I just hoped he would throw it and he did and I made good contact. John Shelby
good great hockey job players
Colgate has some good hockey players and did a great job tonight. Rand Pecknold
numbers people gone
Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me. Alex Ferguson
numbers track together
I mix my own lipsticks, so I don't really keep track of the brand as it's usually a number of them I've smushed together. Alexa Chung
numbers needs certain
I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of. Alice Walker
numbers perfection limits
Numbers are limits, and perfection doesn't have limits. Richard Bach
numbers members stupidest
To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members. Robert A. Heinlein
numbers people stuff
Some people figure that if they're part of a gang then they have less of a chance of being killed, because they are in larger numbers. But the problem with this is that it will lead to people doing stuff that they wouldn't usually do. Ross Kemp
numbers diversity goal
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus. Vernon Jordan
numbers people tea
I am a little troubled about the tea service in the electronic computer building. Apparently the members of your staff consume several times as much supplies as the same number of people do in Fuld Hall and they have been especially unfair in the matter of sugar.... I should like to raise the question whether it would not be better for the computer people to come up to Fuld Hall at the end of the day at 5 o'clock and have their tea here under proper supervision. John von Neumann
numbers bigs feels
I feel like with me being a big part of any offense, then the numbers are going to come. Terrell Owens
playing pride wish worked
We wish we were playing for something, but we're playing for pride and that's a big thing in itself. Also, just to let 'em know that, hey, if things worked out a little differently, this is what y'all would've got. R. Robinson
playing
With videos, I find I'm better off if I'm playing a role inside of it. The more you do it, the more you understand it. Rodney Atkins
playing regular seemed three
I got to see more pitches. I got over 30 at-bats in three days. When I got back to playing in the regular games, it just seemed to click. Jim Thome
playing type
Hopefully, he'll keep playing that type of baseball. David Perno
playing scout
Maurice is going to be playing tailback on our scout team. Jim Tressel
playing progress work
Obviously. we're playing better. We're still not where we want to be. We're still a work in progress. Willie Thornton
playing
I think they thought they were playing hard, but there's more ---- a lot more. A lot more. Larry Hoff
playing
I said it once that I wasn't playing and then at the end I said I was playing. But between that was ... speculation, back and forth, which I thought was ridiculous. Alex Rodriguez
playing saved worst
I saved the worst for the end, anyway. I haven't been playing all that well, but it's getting there. Craig Stadler
programs sports
The vibrancy in our sports programs is still there. Steve Robinson
seeing sick sure
I'm sick of seeing it on TV. I'm sure they are. Reggie Bush
seeing wave
I think you're seeing the wave of the future. Lorne Michaels
seeing sent
We told Peralta when we sent him down that we'd probably be seeing him soon. We just didn't think it'd be this soon. Buddy Bell
seeing
In general, we are seeing things that look a lot better. Sam Stovall
seeing sort spread ties tv wings yahoo
It's sort of like you're seeing Yahoo spread its wings and be more of a portal that ties into the TV in your home. Michael Goodman
solve
We have to solve that or it's a showstopper for sure. Buzz Hargrove
special
Not only who am I, but who are we? And where are we going? It's the "we." It's the social connections that are special to human beings. Sylvia Earle
special stomach knows
I know that I have a special stomach. Takeru Kobayashi
special titles littles
The room is a special place. It's not "A room" it's THE room. It's a place where there is no restriction. If we title it "a room" it can be any room but it's THE room so it is a special place. We all have this place. It's like our little corner that you are comfortable with. Tommy Wiseau
special ordinary
It is not special to be special, it's special to be ordinary Shahrukh Khan
special-you earth want
Every living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them? Sue Monk Kidd
special routine would-be
Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it. Robbie Fowler
special records firsts
You have this special connection with someone if you're their first record or their first concert or their first poster or whatever it is, Shaun Cassidy
special television twins
Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that. Sherilyn Fenn
special divine
Zen says everything is divine so how can anything be special? All is special. Nothing is non-special so nothing can be special. Rajneesh