Teju Cole Quotes

You know that this vignette and that vignette belong side by side, you know that a certain turn of phrase you've been saving will probably work best within a given section of the narrative. As in a jazz performance, writing lives or dies by what's produced in that moment. But that moment is attended by long preparation.

Teju Cole

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• Certain
• Preparation
• Performances
• Narrative

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• There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Music
  • Moments
  • Influence

• Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Real
  • Feeling
  • Moments

• I love moments in film where there's no dialogue, and somebody communicates something with a look that kills you. That's why I love going to the cinema.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Moments
  • Film
  • Dialogue

• I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.

  

  Washed Out
  • World
  • Work
  • Important

• Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

  

  Ralph Ellison
  • Action
  • More
  • Preparation

• I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.

  

  Kanye West
  • Moments
  • Win
  • Rap

• 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.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • Up
  • Song
  • Moments

• There are elements to my faith which are echoed very closely in the scripts that come through. I read certain moments, and I'm able to say, 'Yes, I recognize that. I champion that. I ally myself to that idea.' Then there are times where I don't. My feeling is, at this stage in my life, that it will be an ongoing struggle.

  

  Charlie Cox
  • Life
  • Feeling
  • Faith

• 'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.

  

  Andrea Bocelli
  • Music
  • Moments
  • Memories

• Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.

  

  Alan Rudolph
  • Truth
  • Moments
  • Identity

• There's not a single strike that good preparation can't negate.

  

  Eddie Alvarez
  • Good
  • Single
  • Preparation

• The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.

  

  Jake Arrieta
  • Success
  • Preparation

• Memory doesn't come as a straight narrative. It comes in small moments with all this white space.

  

  Jacqueline Woodson
  • Small
  • Space
  • Moments

• I am a very honest person, and I can only say there are moments in my life where I really did think I was being me in the sense of my morals and beliefs and the way I acted. But when I look back at certain things that I wore and my hair and make-up, I was like, 'Whoa! That wasn't me!' But I didn't know it back then.

  

  Jessie J
  • Life
  • Up
  • Moments

• In film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there's so much that's against you on a film set.

  

  Ben Whishaw
  • Preparation

• I find it's nice when I can be a listener and absorb things coming at me. It's important, especially for me, when so much of my job is about putting things out into the world. So those quiet moments are rejuvenating.

  

  Phillipa Soo
  • World
  • Important
  • Job

• Some of the most exciting moments in 'Star Wars' are when you're cutting between stories and you're building this momentum.

  

  Alan Yang
  • Moments
  • Star
  • Cutting

• I haven't lived in Sweden since I was a teenager. We lived in southern Sweden, about two hours north of Copenhagen, where my family's home base has been since 1970. Our parents bought a schoolhouse in preparation for self-sufficient living. They wanted to create a place to do all the things they believed in.

  

  Neneh Cherry
  • Family
  • Home
  • Parents

• I just think if you play it, it seeps in, it seeps into the performances, it seeps into the atmosphere of the movie. And a lot of times I used the music ... while they were doing the scene.

  

  Cameron Crowe
  • Music
  • Movie
  • Atmosphere

• I would be happy not even being a supermodel. Being able to get a taste of everything that I want a taste of makes me happy.

  

  Summer Altice
  • Happy
  • Want
  • Taste

• The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood.

  

  Zebulon Pike
  • Good
  • Blood
  • Very

• In the university library, we know when a book has been used in a class or put on reserve... or while it was out, did somebody call it back in. It turns out to be a pretty good indicator of how relevant the work is at that time.

  

  David Weinberger
  • Time
  • Good
  • Work

• You know that this vignette and that vignette belong side by side, you know that a certain turn of phrase you've been saving will probably work best within a given section of the narrative. As in a jazz performance, writing lives or dies by what's produced in that moment. But that moment is attended by long preparation.

  

  Teju Cole
  • Moments
  • Certain
  • Preparation