#w

An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#american #asunder #being #body #dark

Every time new technology is introduced, especially involving reproduction, you get the 'yuck' effect. ↗

— Brigitte Boisselier

#especially #every #every time #get #introduced

I am not the kind of girl who can trust a theory based on one person. ↗

— Brigitte Boisselier

#based #girl #i #i am #kind

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#beautiful #carry #find #must #over

I have hardly any friends who aren't gay. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#friends #gay #hardly #i #who

Well, our children do know what this industry is about, but they have a good grip on who they are. ↗

— Morgan Brittany

#children #good #grip #industry #know

Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's not like people will forget you, but they just won't care anymore. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#attention #attention span #care #forget #hot

Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#completely #counts #deal #everything #falls

So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#doing #elements #everyone #exactly #free

I've got over so much. Mum wouldn't want anything to come into my life that would make me fragile again. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#anything #come #fragile #got #i