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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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"Everyone has said very supportive things coming out of D.C. today. We can't wait when the race has begun."


"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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"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."


"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."


"Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits."
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"Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective."
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"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 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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"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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"If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk."


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


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


"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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"If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them."


"The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit."


"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."


"I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year."


"An international race in the relevant technologies is getting under way at this point, not necessarily with an understanding of where that race leads in the long run, but strongly motivated by the short-term payoffs."


"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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"It's official, Arnold said he will enter the race for governor. At least that's what everybody thinks he said."


"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."


"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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