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Races are very often invented from ignorance, or for very evil purposes. -- Francis Lieber
Races and nations are thus ever ready to believe the worst of one another. -- Richard Le Gallienne
Races, better than we, have leaned on her wavering promise, Having naught else but Hope. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Races don't fall in love, genders don't fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love. -- John Lewis
Races didn't bother the Americans. They were something a lot better than any race. They were a People. They were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created People in the history of the world. -- Archibald MacLeish
... The Anarchists' [national] anthem is an international anthem that consists of 365 raspberries blown in very quick succession to the tune of Camptown Races. Nobody has to stand up for it, nobody has to listen to it, and, even better, nobody has to play it. -- Mike Harding
Finishing races is important, but racing is more important. -- Dale Earnhardt
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. -- Walter Elliot
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country. -- David Hilbert
No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions. -- Patrick J. Kennedy
Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. -- David Hockney
It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races. -- Mark Twain
The weather plays a very big role. I have run very few races in the raining and the cold. -- David Rudisha
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. -- Franz Boas
We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races. -- Robert Mugabe
I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground. -- T. D. Jakes
I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences. -- Bill Cosby
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world. -- Charles Darwin
We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders. -- Maya Angelou
Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that communication between the races has broken down. -- Benjamin E. Mays
Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races. -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races. -- Nicolas Berggruen
Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock. -- Kimi Raikkonen
Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes. They may facilitate success for an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but an overpriced pair of sneakers. Sports shoes don't win races. Athletes do. -- Felix Dennis
There are races and then there are races. And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I've always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car... this is going to be unbelievable. -- Guy Fieri
The real preparation for races is done in the off-season. I put in the hard work during the summer and fall, and I'm always working on technique so that when the actual races come around I'm ready to go. -- Shani Davis
Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here. -- John Shelton Reed
Two races share today the soil of Canada. These people had not always been friends. But I hasten to say it. There is no longer any family here but the human family. It matters not the language people speak, or the altars at which they kneel. -- Wilfrid Laurier
A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. -- Henry A. Wallace
You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day. -- Paula Radcliffe
Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes. -- Simon Sinek
Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races -- Carroll Shelby
Misplaced hate makes disgrace the races. -- Tupac Shakur
There are no races. Only lotteries. -- Jacques Anquetil
I discuss humanity and not races. -- Pearl Bailey
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Judaism is a conspiracy against all races. -- Tom Metzger
Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races. -- Calvin Coolidge
I've been through so many different political races. -- Mary Fallin
I don't worry about anything but winning races. -- Joey Logano
The so called white races are really pinko-grey. -- E. M. Forster
Horsepower sells motorcars and torque wins motor races. -- Carroll Smith
America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices. -- Tiger Woods
Some people want to have controversy between the races. -- Dennis Rodman
People go to car races to watch the crashes. -- Johnny Knoxville
I do celebrity ski races all over the world. -- Buzz Aldrin
There are only two races, the decent and the indecent. -- Viktor E. Frankl
The Jews of Poland are the smeariest of all races. -- Karl Marx
I have to win races. It's not even an option. -- Joey Logano
Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need. -- Jesse Owens
My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions. -- Pam Grier
That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons. -- Al McGuire
[History]... is nothing else but the rise and disappearance of races. -- Arthur Kemp
We need more competitive races, ... We need the voice of moderation. -- John McCain
I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect. -- Roger Bannister
I do a lot of races for the cure for breast cancer. -- Mary Ann Mobley
When thought races ahead of Being, a civilization is racing towards destruction. -- Jacob Needleman
We do not actually know other races; we only know our judgements. -- Bryant McGill
I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions. -- Alfred Russel Wallace
Mutual tolerance is a necessity for all time and for all races. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Was not from a mixture of two races that the Titans sprang? -- Jose Clemente Orozco
Was not from a mixture of two races that the Titans sprang? -- Jose Clemente Orozco
I don't race a lot, half a dozen (races) a year maybe. -- Dick Trickle
The beauty of a naked body is felt only by the dressed races. -- Fernando Pessoa
I don't believe in frontiers, and I don't believe in races or nationalities. -- Julio Iglesias
Souls don't have races or sexes or religions. They are beyond artificial divisions. -- Brian Weiss
I've imagined great victories, and I've imagined great races. The races are better. -- Mark Helprin
We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth. -- Homer
Among American citizens, there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
In the old days, 'controversial' in a relationship meant same-sex or mixed races. -- Sam Taylor-Johnson
I've been in a couple with different races like Latino, white, Middle Eastern. -- Sanaa Lathan
Two races we've lost which I'm genuinely upset about were India and Turkey. -- Bernie Ecclestone
The primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races. -- Harry J. Anslinger
National prosperity is another name for death and degradation to millions of other races. -- Swami Vivekananda
The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains. -- Nikola Tesla
races condemned to 100 years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I love street races; there's something about racing in the middle of a city. -- Romain Grosjean
I love street races; theres something about racing in the middle of a city. -- Romain Grosjean
Jack Roush is the only guy that could keep Matt Kenseth from winning races. -- Kyle Petty
I always thought, from day one, that winning races was just doing your job. -- Ron Dennis
If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States. -- Jacques Villeneuve
There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid. -- John Fowles
The only way for peace between the races is a separation of the races. -- Muhammad Ali
Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon. -- George A. Sheehan
I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals. -- Hermann Maier
I've got a sister who races motorcycles and another sister who's a Holy Roller preacher. -- Billy Carter
This war is really the greatest insanity in which white races have ever been engaged. -- Alfred von Tirpitz
Nonetheless, much has been learned by studying the statistical differences between the various human races. -- J. Philippe Rushton
I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston. -- Harvey Mackay
We stand for the segregation of the races and the racial integrity of each race. -- Strom Thurmond
I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training. -- Alberto Salazar
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular. -- Ken Thompson
Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing. -- Valentino Rossi
We have 21 races in the year and Monaco is the one that you want to win. -- Lewis Hamilton
Hindus, if they want unity among different races, must have the courage to trust the minorities. -- Mahatma Gandhi
How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? -- Steve Prefontaine
You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races. -- Jeannette Walls
You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does. -- Philip Pullman
Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races. -- Ethel Waters
The races are in fact disappearing, although the process will require thousands of years at present rates -- H. Bentley Glass
I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question. -- Jim Harrison
Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men? -- Dorothy Thompson
People have lost their sense of humor. In former times, we constantly made jokes about different races. -- Clint Eastwood
At its starting point in India, the birthplace of races and religions, the womb of the world. -- Jules Michelet
The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races. -- Ruth Benedict
America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! -- Israel Zangwill
For both writer and reader, the novel is a lonely, physically inactive affair. Only the imagination races. -- Mary McCarthy
I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds. -- Ryan Phillippe
Individual tribes or, in other words, races or stocks, are the constituent elements of the earliest history. -- Theodor Mommsen
You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring. -- Valentino Rossi
I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy. -- Bernie Ecclestone
I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing. -- Jim Thorpe
It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible. -- Hermann Maier
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races. -- Dan Castellaneta
I have dated all races, and I believe you should be free to do whatever you want. -- Sanaa Lathan
I was invited to a couple of races, but I was doing a play in New York. -- Josh Brolin
We may be different races and religions but we are all part of the same human family -- Dalai Lama
When a fire starts in one it just races through. And that is in a way unconscionable. -- Desmond Tutu
We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships. -- Herbert Hoover

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