Charles M. Blow Quotes
Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.

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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.
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I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.
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If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.
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I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative.
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He Quoyle did not want a boat, shied from the thought of water. Ashamed he could not swim, couldn't learn.
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Strange, isn't it, that it's always more difficult to talk people out of killing each other than into it?
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You are not a burden, an accident, or a mistake. You are meant for amazing things that you can't even imagine for yourself.
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Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.