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Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By W.E.B. Du Bois

One ever feels his twoness,
an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose strenth alone keeps it from being torn asunder. — W.E.B. Du Bois

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By W.E.B. Du Bois

After the Egyptian and Indian, the Greek and Roman, the Teuton and Mongolian, the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world, - a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness, - an American, a Negro ... two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife, - this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. — W.E.B. Du Bois

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Gillian Flynn

It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I'm not a real person and neither is anyone else. — Gillian Flynn

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Alexander McCall Smith

Skepticism had its place, but we should not lose sight of the possibility that some beliefs were both necessary and beneficial--a belief in human goodness being a prime example of this. There were plenty of grounds to doubt human goodness; but if one ceased to believe in it, then we would lose the comfort of trust. And people needed their scraps of comfort in this world if they were to be able to deal with hardship and disappointment. — Alexander McCall Smith

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Landon Donovan

I talk periodically with the producers at EA and I try to be as honest as possible because as great as EA does, you just don't want to hear good things. These people are really passionate about making games and making them as realistic as possible. — Landon Donovan

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Jessica Sorensen

Things were far from normal. They weren't even close. — Jessica Sorensen

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Ron Suskind

In his book The Soul of Black Folks, W.E.B. DuBois writes about always feeling his twoness
an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; to warring ideals in one dark body. — Ron Suskind

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Katherine Heigl

I like going on location for films. — Katherine Heigl

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Bob Nelson

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves. — Bob Nelson

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Christopher Hitchens

Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it. — Christopher Hitchens

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Mindy Ruiz

Inside Ms. Maddox's classroom, it was so quiet you could hear the breathing bounce off the walls. — Mindy Ruiz

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By Jane Fonda

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for. — Jane Fonda

Strivings Of The Negro Quotes By George Peppard

If they'll have me and the show does well, I could do this another two or three years. — George Peppard