Natasha Trethewey Quotes
I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.
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Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.
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I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
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'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.
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I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.
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I have one idea of how to get more Democratic women to polling stations: Stand up for them.
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Every song is personal, but 'Ohio,' on my first EP, was on another level. I really opened up about the lack of relationship I had with my father. We stopped talking about four years ago, and I haven't had a father figure in my life since.
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Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.
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Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network. They have more companies they can get money from.
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You cannot pray for an A on a test and study for a B. You cannot pray for a celestial marriage and live a telestial life. You cannot pray for something and act less.
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I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
