#ned

When Europeans came upon real ruined cities they refused to believe that they had been built by Africans. Here the past has been distorted and denied. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#believe #built #came #cities #denied

You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he's 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you're back to 1820 already. For an American that's pretty damned good, you know? ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#american #as far as #back #black #born

There are absolutely lots of teachers who are trying to come into the profession, but they are not attracted enough to say, 'I'm going to switch careers to do it,' or they are often not retained... because the salaries and the compensation aren't there to make it happen. ↗

— Melinda Gates

#attracted #because #careers #come #compensation

A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. ↗

— Joseph Story

#best #fidelity #first #good #good government

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#completely #i #i came #intertwined #lucky

Furthermore, they were constantly informed by all the camp authorities that they had been abandoned by the world: they were beggars and lucky to receive the daily soup of starvation. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#authorities #been #beggars #camp #constantly

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#cannot #learned #only #really #taught

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#away #diamonds #explained #like #out

I've had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It's the one thing that really grates with you. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#got #grates #had #i #integrity

I liked working with Tom Christopher as he was great as Hawk, and Wilfred Hyde White but I wished it were in a different context as the changes really tuned off the audience. ↗

— Gil Gerard

#changes #christopher #context #different #great