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Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. Horace Walpole

You People Society Other Nine-Tenths Would Tenth Were Want Created

The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races. W. E. B. Du Bois

Education Death Best Problem Men First Own Saved Other Guide Negroes Worst All Races Must Exceptional Developing Tenth Mass Contamination Talented Like First Of All Deal Going May Race Races Then Away Among

The tenth amendment said the federal government is supposed to only have powers that were explicitly given in the Constitution. I think the federal government's gone way beyond that. The Constitution never said that you could have a Federal Reserve that would have $2.8 trillion in assets. We've gotten out of control. David Malpass

Government You Constitution Control Gone Think Way Out Would Trillion Given Only Could Federal Federal Government Federal Reserve Never Tenth Supposed Beyond Powers Said Gotten Were Amendment Explicitly Reserve Assets

When I was 15 years old and in the tenth grade, I heard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18, I met Dr. King and we became friends. Two years after that I became very involved in the civil rights movement. I was in college at that time. As I got more and more involved, I saw politics as a means of bringing about change. John Lewis

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I first picked up a guitar when I was ten years old; my parents surprised me with it for my tenth birthday. I started taking lessons when I was thirteen, but only for a few months, and then I just kept teaching myself. Alessia Cara

Myself Birthday Me Guitar Old Parents First Few Months Ten Only Ten Years Picked Taking Tenth Surprised Years Up Just Then Teaching Lessons Started Kept Thirteen

As black Americans continue to be insulted and dismissed by protected white liberals, the Black Talented Tenth will continue to benefit from political donations, speaking engagements, national media presence, accolades as the official black leaders, and perpetual gigs on MSNBC and CNN. Burgess Owens

Political Will Black National White Benefit Liberals Black Americans Gigs Leaders Tenth Talented Protected Insulted Accolades Continue Perpetual National Media American Official Donations Dismissed Engagements Speaking Media Presence

The Talented Tenth is alive and well today and visible in all arenas of prominence. 'That they may guide the mass away from the contamination and death of the worst, in their own and other races.' As they elevate themselves from the masses, they ensure their success and that of their fellow Talented Tenth friends. Burgess Owens

Success Today Death Own Other Guide Visible Alive Ensure Worst Prominence Arenas Tenth Mass Contamination Talented Masses Fellow Well Friends May Races Themselves Away Elevate

In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few. Daley Thompson

Best You First Few Everyone Would Rather Tenth Come Sport Judged Than Just Want Against Much Compete

When you look at my record at 10-0 as a professional and look at Jon Jones' record when he was 10-0, who was his toughest guy? Stephan Bonnar, and he did not finish him. I have fought higher-caliber opponents at this stage in my career than Jon did in his at 9-1; His tenth fight was Matt Hammil. Daniel Cormier

The common wisdom is that only about 1 percent of a novelist's research ends up in his or her book. In my experience, it's even less - closer to a tenth of a percent. Gayle Lynds

Wisdom Experience Book Research About Percent Only Tenth His Up Closer Common Ends Less Even Novelist Her

I didn't win Class President in tenth grade. I was too chubby to win a role in the school play 'Oklahoma!' and I didn't make it into a singing and dancing group in high school for the same reason - too fat. Gretchen Carlson

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us. Jane Rule

Gay People Inspire Tomorrow Panic Visible Would Tenth Majority Sort Became Shock Legislation Repressive Us Pessimists Even Population Among

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes. Jerry B. Jenkins

Books Tenth Smashing Left Done Behind Successes

Had my own car at twelve years old. Left school in the tenth grade. Married when I was sixteen. Ain't hard to figure out; I was a man at a very young age. Joe Frazier

In 1998 Harry Reid and I had a very close race. It was less than a tenth of a percentage point. We had a reasonable recount. There were a lot of things that I could have pursued at the time, but I just felt that at the time that I should have, you know, conceded the race. John Ensign

Time You Harry Harry Reid Percentage Recount Point Could Pursued Had Tenth Conceded Know Felt Were Lot Very Close Than Just Race Should Less Reasonable Reid Things

In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away. John Lothrop Motley

Old Later Faded Tenth Roman Forms Century Away

My first job out of law school was on the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, where Gorsuch is a judge. I observed in the year that I worked at the court what many litigants and commentators have since noted: that Gorsuch possesses an incisive legal mind, writes with skill and wit, and is scrupulously fair. Josh Hawley

Legal Judge Law School Mind Job First Year Circuit Possesses Out Law School Writes Observed Tenth Since Fair Wit First Job Court Where Noted Worked Skill Many Appeals

The advantage doesn't come because you can run more than someone over 90 minutes. The advantage comes when, in the tenth minute, I'm sprinting back and making another guy chase me. By the end of the game, that guy's worn down, but I can still keep going at the same pace. Landon Donovan

Me You Game Down Worn Back Run Minute Minutes Someone Guy More Chase Advantage Tenth Over Come Another Because Making Still Sprinting End Than Same Going Pace Keep Keep Going

If I feel like I've done a great job during an interview with the president of the United States live in the Oval Office, it doesn't give me a tenth of the good feeling of going to the school play and making eye contact with my kids as they're onstage delivering their lines. Nothing compares with that moment of connection. Matt Lauer

Good Great Me School Job Feeling Nothing Live President Interview States Kids Eye Eye Contact Great Job Give Give Me Onstage Delivering Contact Feel Oval Oval Office Tenth School Play Like Making Lines Office Done Going Moment Connection Compares United Good Feeling United States Play

I've worked on over twenty TV staffs, and nine out of ten male colleagues are wonderful, inclusive, and professional. Still, there's usually one guy - the Tenth Man - who turns a fun job into a dental appointment. Nell Scovell

My father gave me formal education in raagdari. He died in Lahore in 1964 when I was 13. I was in the tenth year of school, and my father's brother took me into the qawwali ensemble and started giving me formal education in qawwali. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Education Me School Father Giving Year Gave Took Ensemble Brother He Tenth Died Formal Formal Education Started

The contrafactual history is what it would have been the other way. Think of the Kennedy triumph in the missiles crisis. Worked out fine. Khrushchev blinked and so forth. The other road, you don't want to think too hard about. You could have had nuclear missiles wiping out a tenth of the globe. Paul Samuelson

History You Think Too Other Way Crisis Out Would Fine About Triumph Could Had Road Tenth Missiles Globe Been Want Forth Worked Hard Nuclear Kennedy

Over a period of 20 years, German reunification has cost 2 trillion euros, or an average of 100 billion euros a year. So, we have to ask ourselves: Aren't we willing to pay a tenth of that over several years for Europe's unity? Peer Steinbruck

Year Pay Unity Several Ourselves Willing Trillion Cost Tenth Over Period Reunification Years German Average Ask Billion Europe

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