A Quote by Henry Ossawa Tanner

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.

Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
American - Artist
June 21, 1859 - May 25, 1937

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage – though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.

Henry Ossawa Tanner

I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.

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May Sarton

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Richard Rorty

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Every little job counts. Design counts.

Michael Bierut

Talent counts for much, but effort counts for more.

Carter Ratcliff

First blood is mine. Last blood counts for more. --Artemis Entreri and Drizzt Do'Urden

R. A. Salvatore

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Francois Mauriac

We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run.