The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin--the ability to do, the will to conquer, … - W. E. B. Du Bois

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John Bond has blackened my name with his insinuations about the private lives of football managers. Both my wives are upset.

W. E. B. Du Bois

The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin--the ability to do, the will to conquer, the determination to understand and know this great, wonderful, curious world.

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Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

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There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

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Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.

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Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

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Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

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