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Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. - Ida B. Wells
Ida B Wells Quotes
Philanthropic
Barbarity
Ida B. Wells
The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd. - Ida B. Wells
Ida B Wells Quotes
Lynching
Distributes
Ida B. Wells
The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes. - Ida B. Wells
Ida B Wells Quotes
Commission
Suffered
Ida B. Wells
The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. - Ida B. Wells
Ida B Wells Quotes
Backbone
Thus
Ida B. Wells
I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon. - Ida B. Wells
Ida B Wells Quotes
Mule
Children
Ida B. Wells
The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival. - Ida B. Wells
Ida B Wells Quotes
Neither
Demonstrated
Ida B. Wells
The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press. - Ida B. Wells
Ida B Wells Quotes
Educator
Before
Ida B. Wells
Hemingway was a jerk. - Harold Robbins
The Jerk Quotes
Jerk
Hemingway
Harold Robbins
As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class. - Patrick Stump
The Jerk Quotes
Sense
Minute
Patrick Stump
Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't. - Captain Beefheart
The Jerk Quotes
Because
Mine
Captain Beefheart
I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can't now. - Leonardo DiCaprio
The Jerk Quotes
Consequences
Rest
Leonardo DiCaprio
Kiefer Sutherland is a crazy jerk on '24,' but you love him because he gets the job done. And I think that that goes for a lot of action stars, I mean Steven Segal is a jerk, but you want to watch him because, eventually, he's a jerk who can beat up bad people. - Paul Scheer
The Jerk Quotes
Because
Crazy
Paul Scheer
I'm well aware that no matter how big of a jerk I am, some people will cheer me, and no matter what I do, some people will boo me, and that's fine. I just need to elicit emotion. That's all I care about. - Kevin Owens
The Jerk Quotes
Emotion
Matter
Kevin Owens
A lot of Utah State when I was there, there was a lot of California guys. So, you get a lot of Cali music, you got a lot of dance music, I think the Jerk was popular back then. It was a lot of the music that you can dance to with your teammates. A lot of hip-hop, rap, R&B, it was really fun. It was live in there. - Bobby Wagner
The Jerk Quotes
Popular
Dance
Bobby Wagner
Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually. - Steve Martin
The Jerk Quotes
Change
Different
Steve Martin
I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player. - Reggie Jackson
The Jerk Quotes
Baseball
Played
Reggie Jackson
You can ask anybody in the room. My numbers are the worst in here but I'm still a jerk to everybody, yelling at everybody, getting them going. Once I get it back, then I'll be even worse to the guys. - Billy Koch
The Jerk Quotes
Worse
Room
Billy Koch
If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent. - Lee Iacocca
The Jerk Quotes
Percent
Trouble
Lee Iacocca
Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later. - Jack Welch
The Jerk Quotes
Squeeze
Earnings
Jack Welch
A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo. - Matt Berninger
The Jerk Quotes
Socially
Feel
Matt Berninger
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