Michael Eric Dyson Quotes

Originality doesn't consist of saying it first, originality consists of saying it in a way that is specifically tailored to the moment in which you are addressing - and at the moment when the complications arise, challenging the logic of what you're doing.

Michael Eric Dyson

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• Logic
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• No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.

  

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• Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

  

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• Either you face the challenges in life head on or back out. And I am not someone to back out from challenges.

  

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• No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.

  

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• A lot of potential scenarios create challenges. It's all about how you grew up, values instilled in you.

  

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• Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.

  

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• But when you hear the complete album, it gets dark, really straight-up rock, with some really intimate moments with just me and the piano. It's not completely me because there are parts of me that aren't on that song, that are on the album.

  

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• Logic is one thing and commonsense another.

  

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• There was the normal high that comes from the hormones of youth, that fresh sense of being unchained. But also there was the omnipresent feeling that It could go down. In those moments-which back then were all of our moments-your neurology was always code red.

  

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• I'm proud of 'The Hidden.' I feel like we took a B-movie and kind of turned it into an A-minus action movie. We kind of elevated the material a little bit. It's got a great car-chase scene at the very beginning. It has some terrific moments in it, some funny stuff. It's a great rental.

  

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• I'm looking forward to having one of those moments that will be immortal.

  

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• I've generally got low levels of embarrassment.

  

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• Empathically accurate perceivers are those who are consistently good at 'reading' other people's thoughts and feelings. All else being equal, they are likely to be the most tactful advisors, the most diplomatic officials, the most effective negotiators, the most electable politicians, the most productive salespersons, the most successful teachers, and the most insightful therapists.

  

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• Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.

  

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• The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.

  

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• Originality doesn't consist of saying it first, originality consists of saying it in a way that is specifically tailored to the moment in which you are addressing - and at the moment when the complications arise, challenging the logic of what you're doing.

  

  Michael Eric Dyson
  • Moments
  • Challenges
  • Logic