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Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
World peace and brotherhood are based on a common understanding of the contributions and cultures of all races and creeds
I think Donald Trump and Jeb Bush are the frontrunners. It's kind of like the race between the tortoise and the bad hair.
Every race is different. If you come down the home straight neck and neck, the crowd cheering for you can decide the race.
Its a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.
In 2008, Obama won 56 percent of the women's vote to John McCain's 43 percent. It was the critical difference in the race.
Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is.
The Irish are the one race for which psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever... because they already live in a dream world.
An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.
As a Formula One driver, you dream about winning your first race all your life. I am desperate to know what it feels like.
I agree that we need a working relationship with Russia to deescalate a nuclear arms race, to resolve the crisis in Syria.
Race is an invention, not a noticeable genetic presence, and cultural traits are brute concoctions of the social sciences.
There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French woman a propriety.
The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher.
Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint.
I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.
Blood sin and desecration of the race are the original sin in this world and the end of a humanity which surrenders to it.
The sin against blood and race is the hereditary sin in this world and it brings disaster on every nation that commits it.
Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.
Without being aware of it, you take many things as being your identity: your body, your race, your beliefs, your thoughts.
The country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wants to be so sensitive.
The foolish race of mankind are swarming below in the night; they shriek and rage and quarrel - and all of them are right.
..remember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equal citizenship.
Britain's success in the exploitation of non-European races raised the ambition of Bismarck and later Mussolini and others.
It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.
I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.
There are no Rohingya among the races [in Burma]. We only have Bengalis who were brought for farming [during British rule].
Don't forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.
The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.
I am as conservative as anyone running in this [president's] race, but I am a conservative that can win. That's a big deal.
I will always cherish the times at JGR. The only thing that I regret is that we didn't win more races and/or championships.
Race is always tossed into the mix. The unspoken idea is always that white people have a right to carry guns and bear arms.
What would it take for you to acknowledge that race is an issue? Maybe you don't want to acknowledge that race is an issue.
Where I come from, there were traditions with my race and whenever you faced a curve in life, there was always a tradition.
We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings.
the car, by bisecting the human outline, diminishes it, producing a race of half-people in a motion not of their own making
Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It's real information, but it tells you next to nothing.
Before our race, nationality, or religion, we are all human beings. Let's celebrate our differences and not fight over them.
Who would thought only of themselves and kill their race? You would hate other people if you don't want to stay who you are.
In many people's many people's minds this is the sole reason Barack Obama was elected. He was elected to fix race relations.
As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people dont talk about race amongst themselves!
You need to be sharp the whole race, and eventually you start getting mentally tired and make little mistakes over and over.
The human race like to do things you are good at and avoid things that they are bad at. Avoiding it is the natural instinct.
I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin.
The largest question facing the human race is not when will you learn, but when will you act on what you've already learned.
When all the people covered in tattoos turn about 70 years old, they're going to look like a strange race of melting clowns.
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.
James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be very competitive at Daytona.
I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.