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Race Quotes

"Deciding on when to kick is crucial and depends on how the race is unfolding."

"Deciding on when to kick is crucial and depends on how the race is unfolding."

Michael East, American Athlete

3

"The human race has improved everything, but the human race."

"The human race has improved everything, but the human race."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

3

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

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

J. Philippe Rushton, Canadian Psychologist

3

"I don't know that the best way to approach it is to try and keep up. When you're doing that, you're setting yourself into a one-dimensional sort of race basically."

"I don't know that the best way to approach it is to try and keep up. When you're doing that, you're setting yourself into a one-dimensional sort of race basically."

Tom Jenkinson, English Musician

3

"I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race."

"I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race."

Mary Docter, American Athlete

3

"The Goddamn human race deserves itself, and as far as I'm concerned it can have it."

"The Goddamn human race deserves itself, and as far as I'm concerned it can have it."

Elizabeth Janeway, American Author

3

"The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race."

"The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race."

Lynn Barber, British Journalist

3

"It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered."

"It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered."

Damon Hill, British Athlete

3

"I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in the space race before Whispering Smith ever got on the air."

"I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in the space race before Whispering Smith ever got on the air."

Audie Murphy, American Soldier

2

"When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad."

"When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

Race, States, United

2

"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."

"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."

K. Eric Drexler, American Scientist

Race, Understanding

2

"I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world."

"I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

Race, Trying, World

2

"Every race is totally different."

"Every race is totally different."

Bill Rodgers, American Athlete

2

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

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

Artur Davis, American Politician

Race, Vocabulary, Words

2

"Believe me, you lose more than a gallon of fluids during a race. You could lose between six and 10 pounds during a race, depending on hot it is."

"Believe me, you lose more than a gallon of fluids during a race. You could lose between six and 10 pounds during a race, depending on hot it is."

Michael Andretti, American Athlete

2

"He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face."

"He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face."

Richard Savage, English Poet

2

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

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

David Letterman, American Comedian

2

"A race cannot be purified from without."

"A race cannot be purified from without."

Anna Julia Cooper, American Educator

2

"I think we should all come together, and that race and color or social demographics really don't matter."

"I think we should all come together, and that race and color or social demographics really don't matter."

Joanna Noelle Levesque, American Musician

2

"It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs."

"It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs."

Jim Hightower, American Activist

2

"Who included me among the ranks of the human race?"

"Who included me among the ranks of the human race?"

Joseph Brodsky, American Poet

2

"On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again."

"On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again."

Hank Aaron, American Athlete

Race, End, Giants

2

"Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think."

"Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

2

"Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win."

"Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win."

Lamar Alexander, American Politician

2

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

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

Lily Tomlin, American Actress

2

"Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective."

"Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective."

J. Philippe Rushton, Canadian Psychologist

2

"My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000."

"My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000."

Cathy Freeman, Australian Athlete

1

"Librarians as a race tend to be tedious."

"Librarians as a race tend to be tedious."

Peter Shaffer, English Playwright

1

"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."

"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."

Eric Heiden, American Athlete

1

"I still favor alternatives to governmental race-based preferences."

"I still favor alternatives to governmental race-based preferences."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

1

"Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits."

"Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits."

J. Philippe Rushton, Canadian Psychologist

1

"If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race."

"If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race."

Fred Allen, American Comedian

1

"We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race."

"We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race."

Dan Aykroyd, Canadian Comedian

1

"The Afro-American is not a bestial race."

"The Afro-American is not a bestial race."

Ida B. Wells, American Activist

1

"Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists."

"Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Race, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Future

1

"This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex."

"This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex."

Dan Rather, American Journalist

1

"With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go."

"With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go."

Murray Walker, English Entertainer

1

"There is nothing like race, is there?"

"There is nothing like race, is there?"

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Race, Nothing, Equality, Identity

"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was *white.* Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"

"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was white. Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"

Stephen King, American Author

Race, Identity, Truth, Power, Happiness

"A 'white' kid that asks too many questions is called 'curious.' A 'black' kid that asks too many questions is called 'forward.'"

"A 'white' kid that asks too many questions is called 'curious.' A 'black' kid that asks too many questions is called 'forward.'"

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Race, Curiosity, Judgment, Bias

"In the biological sense, race does not exist."

"In the biological sense, race does not exist."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Race, Truth, Science, Wisdom, Power

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