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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-american world imagine
Imagine what a harmonious world it... Quincy Jones
african-american firsts bolshevism
First of all, Bolshevism represents... C. L. R. James
african interested narratives ourselves stories writers
African narratives in the West, they proliferate. I really don't care anymore. I'm more interested in the stories we tell about ourselves - how, as a writer, I find that African writers have always been the curators of our humanity on this continent. Chris Abani
african contend either toward work
There is no living African writer who has not had to, or will not have to, contend with Achebe's work. We are either resisting him - stylistically, politically, or culturally - or we are writing toward him. Chris Abani
african aligned history religion trading
Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent. Wole Soyinka
african available basement cent downtown five front hub restroom standing store ten
This store that we're standing in front of, The Gap, was really Kress five and ten cent store and it was the hub of downtown for African Americans. The only restroom that was available to us was in the basement of this store. Emogene Middleton
african continued countries difference follow ground leap massive mean millions people poor recruit staff support thousands time treatment
Today's announcement will make a real difference to millions of poor people. On the ground it will mean thousands of people get treatment for the first time in their lives. Zambia will need continued support to recruit new staff but this is a massive leap in the right direction. We now need other African countries to follow suit. Barbara Stocking
african catholic funny haiti liked music tied voodoo
The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral. Win Butler
baseball biggest boy buy cap front hanging jacket kids looked reject smallest wear
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 football country
When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country. Bobby Fischer
baseball change double duty great history leaves legacy listen love loved passion shared stories
Double Duty shared such a love for baseball and a passion for life. We all loved to listen to his stories and share in his laughter. He leaves such a great legacy after experiencing so much history and change during his long life. Jerry Reinsdorf
baseball charge
Doug's in charge of baseball operations; that's in his court, Mark Attanasio
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 claims data dollar expected
That the claims data were back at 356,000 was certainly better than expected and the dollar is gaining. Lisa Finstrom
certainly handle manage
That's not all on my shoulders, but I certainly feel like I can get in there and manage it and handle the situation. Philip Rivers
certainly good guys kindness night taken team terrific
That's just kind of how this team has taken shape. I don't know if you're going to have that many guys night in and night out, but we certainly had terrific balance. Just a good team win. Herb Sendek
certainly difficult gave impetus nine
That one really gave me the impetus into the back nine that I needed. I'm certainly used to this kind of breeze, but it was very difficult because it was gusting in different directions. Greg Chalmers
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 saturday
That's what Saturday is about. It's a big step, but it's definitely the beginning. Laren Poole
definitely opportunity pressure
You've got to want that pressure on your shoulders. I definitely want the opportunity if I get it. John Grahame
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 increased later military morning people sooner spread stressed thin
Deployments have increased some 300 percent, and the military has been decreased by a third: Hello, good morning -- you can't keep that up forever, ... Sooner or later you're going to get people stressed out, spread too thin around the world, and they just won't put up with it anymore. Max Cleland
good looking people picking soothing
Denny is good at picking up the pieces. He is a very soothing influence. At the end of the day, I think people will be looking to Denny for leadership. John Feehery
good green
Dennis Green is as good as they get, Bill Walsh
good night runs second tough
DeMorius had a good night and Markie had some good, tough runs on second effort. Randy Martin
good plate serious several slice
Any way you slice it, he was outstanding. There were several times when there was some serious thump at the plate and he made good pitches. Tony Russa
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 statistics blame
The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it's far too many. Patricia Ireland
numbers waiting growth
Is it better that we manage population growth responsibly or should we to wait for nature to cull our numbers? Phil Harding
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 problem repeating worked
That was something that we really worked on, not repeating ourselves. But I was like, 'This is not going to be a problem because I'm playing a woman.' Rosario Dawson
playing playoffs
That was really important for us. We really wanted it ... It's so important for us to go into the playoffs playing like this. Chris Masoner
playing start talked
That was one of the big things when they talked about playing me there at the start of the season. Jeff Carter
playing revenue
That's the way it's got to be these days. When we have an upswing in revenue from playing in postseason games, we share. Bob Bowlsby
playing scared sure
I wasn't playing that well and I may have been a little scared in the beginning. But then I wanted to make sure that I was still having fun. Gina Suarez
programs sports
The vibrancy in our sports programs is still there. Steve Robinson
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 fantasia
Like [George] Best, there is a special fantasia about him Fabio Capello
special littles anticipation
When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation. Felicity Kendal
special talent born
Everyone is born with some special talent ... Isabel Allende
special costumes imagine
Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. Irving Kaufman
special quantity values
Buy things you truly love, things that are special, but not a lot of them. It's about value, not quantity. Jason Wu
special proximity feels
I've never been bothered by proximity to special effects and I've never felt disadvantaged by them. They're all part of a movie, and when the movie's under control I don't feel upstaged by them. Harrison Ford
special talent
He's such a special player, a once-in-a-lifetime talent. Pete Carroll
special stuff sometimes
Travelling so much, sometimes my luggage goes astray. But I can get the right stuff sent to me overnight by a special shipper. No big deal. Ivana Trump