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All historians generalize from particulars. And often, if you look at a historian's footnotes, the number of examples of specific cases is very, very small.


Henry Louis Gates


#examples #footnotes #generalize #historian #historians

But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example.


Henry Louis Gates


#binary #black #creates #enormous #example

There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small child has, which you might be able to reduce to aggression and libido, but which might also have some independent existence.


Peter Gay


#about #accomplishment #aggression #also #child

Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.


Alan Dundes


#characteristic #children #cultures #does #example

Jordan seeks to play only one role, that of a model state. It is our aim to set an example for our Arab brethren, not one that they need follow but one that will inspire them to seek a higher, happier destiny within their own borders.


King Hussein I


#arab #borders #brethren #destiny #example

My training in music and composition then led me to a kind of musical language process in which, for example, the sound of the words I play with has to expose their true meaning against their will so to speak.


Elfriede Jelinek


#composition #example #expose #for example #i

I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen.


Walid Jumblatt


#bombing #chirac #condemn #course #example

My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.


Andrea Jung


#asian #aspects #best #career #culture

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.


Vladimir Kramnik


#chess #clarity #example #for example #found

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children.


Fred Thompson


#example #for example #greater #health #houses