John Edgar Wideman Quotes
For African-American people, I am in the business of inventing a reality that gives a different perspective - on history, on crime, on art, on love.
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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We who follow the Honorable Elijah Muhammad feel that when you try and pass integration laws here in America, forcing white people to pretend that they are accepting black people, what you are doing is making white people act in a hypocritical way.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.
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It's hard to come across someone who can look past an artist who is larger and just see them for the talent they are and have them be willing to invest what's necessary to make them a star.
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The best fiction is often how we interpret our own lives and what we see as our common due. It is created usually as a means of avoiding reality which, if seriously considered, might negate our ability to strive for what might seem impossible.
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I started to get grossed out by the armpits.
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I am no prude, but when I watch comedy, I ask myself, 'Who wrote this? A teenage boy in the locker room?'
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For African-American people, I am in the business of inventing a reality that gives a different perspective - on history, on crime, on art, on love.
