Twoness Of The Negro Quotes & Sayings

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

Achievement. Just another skill of a ninja. — Jarius Raphel

I always was a rebel ... but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted ... and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But I cannot be what I am not. — John Lennon

It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it. — Ken Hensley

There are things you do that just come natural, and sometimes those are amazingly in synch, and sometimes they're horribly out of synch, and you're like, 'Ooo! That wasn't very good tonight.' Most of the time, it's just on. — Tommy Lee

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

You are the first and last indigenous Nintendo. — Ben Lerner

Jamie," I panted. He pushed his kilt out of the way and pressed my hand against him.
"Bloody Christ," I said, impressed despite myself. My sense of propriety slipped another notch.
"Fighting gives ye a terrible cockstand, after. Ye want me, do ye no? — Diana Gabaldon

I often think that those people are the happiest who know nothing at all of the world, and sitting in the little empire of the fireside, where there is no contention or cabal, think we are in a golden age of existance. — Elizabeth Montagu

The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator ... I tell the truth as I know it. I don't glamorize the nightmare and horror that I witness; I just digest it and spew it back, with venom. — Lydia Lunch

Nothing wrong with the way your mother looks. First thing in the morning, last thing at night, and every hour in between, she looks just fine. — Anne Bishop

I am an actor and fiction will always be my priority — Sanaya Irani

It's a bomb. Just like you. — Maggie Stiefvater