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Race Quotes


"A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species."


"The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique."
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"Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so."
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"Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective."
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"If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk."


"Running on different types of racetracks is challenging - not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race."


"Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win."
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"The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply their proportion of the manufacturers and merchants or of going down to the graves of paupers."


"I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons."
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"The thing about it is, all those races we lost, we won this race together. We won it as a team."
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"Everyone has said very supportive things coming out of D.C. today. We can't wait when the race has begun."


"I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves."


"And my point was one I think that you'd agree with, which is there's no room in America for a black racist, a Latino racist, or a white racist, or an Asian racist, or a Native American racist. Now, we're either color blind or we're not color blind."


"In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year."
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"Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be."
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"I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year."


"To deny the predictive validity of race at this level is nonscientific and unrealistic."


"The stronger Hillary is, the weaker she is. The more she seems like a likely presidential winner, the more difficult the senate race becomes in New York. It's perfect."


"But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem."


"I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white."


"I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run."


"You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make me feel full, but I certainly didn't want it to make me feel stuffed."
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