"So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And that's the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship."

-- Henry Louis Gates

#Tree Quotes #Databases Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Chemistry is all about getting lucky...”
“I'm doing stuff on Kaballah and Scientology and a little bit more racial stuff, for good measure.”
“In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance.”
“I don't really have any childhood memories of my dad, unfortunately, .. I was 10 years old when he passed, so my memories are kind of skewed. I don't have many memories of my childhood, period.”
“One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation.”
“For me, moving from photography to film was very easy.”
“We had a kettle; we let it leak: Our not repairing made it worse. We haven't had any tea for a week... The bottom is out of the Universe.”
“We used to say that those amongst us with the most sins are those who spend their time talking about the sins of others.”

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