William Upski Wimsatt Quotes

Angry Black White Boy is bananas! Actually, it's a banana split with razor blades in it. Adam Mansbach is the white Richard Wright, and Angry Black White Boy is our generation's Native Son.

William Upski Wimsatt

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• I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Writing
  • Think
  • Nice

• We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.

  

  Dana Perino
  • World
  • America
  • Freedom

• Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

  

  Taylor Dane
  • Different
  • Character
  • Game

• Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • Energy
  • Always
  • Try

• What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Courage
  • Ignorance
  • Determination

• I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Believe
  • Character
  • Song

• If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Life
  • Way
  • Interesting

• I like all kinds of music - classical, pop, rock, electronic.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Music
  • Rock
  • Like

• You American people worry too much about the China economy. Every time you think China is a problem, we get better, but when you have a high expectation for China, China is always a problem.

  

  Jack Ma
  • People
  • Time
  • American

• We must have a clear head and a clear-cut stand to confidently boycott those trains of thoughts that attempt to Westernise China, separate China and bring chaos to China.

  

  Zhou Yongkang
  • Thoughts
  • Chaos
  • Stand

• What I am really curious about is the visuals of cinema... the form.

  

  Valeria Golino
  • Cinema
  • Curious

• Feminism is universal. You can't just fight for one type of freedom or one type of female power. You know what? Muslim women want to cover up, and we have to fight for our right to do that, too.

  

  Yuna
  • Up
  • Women
  • Power

• You know what 'DOUBT' stands for? It stands for 'Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts.'

  

  Gary Busey
  • Understanding
  • Thoughts
  • Doubt

• When you grow up, you gain experience and realise what youre capable of.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • Up
  • Experience
  • Grow

• I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Up
  • Like
  • Things

• All of my films have been very dialogue-heavy, and that's great. It always makes it more of a challenge to market in other countries.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Great
  • Always
  • Challenge

• I think that, ultimately, there are so many characters in G.I. Joe that even all the iterations - the comics and the different cartoons and everything - have been a big ensemble. Lots of crossing storylines and stuff.

  

  D. J. Cotrona
  • Different
  • Think
  • Everything

• I'm working on a new creator-owned series for Vertigo called 'The Discipline.'

  

  Peter Milligan
  • Discipline

• Barack Obama is the president of the United States of America. More specifically, Barack Obama is the president of a congenitally racist country, erected upon the plunder of life, liberty, labor, and land. This plunder has not been exclusive to black people. - Ta

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Life
  • Country

• Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad.

  

  Daniel Goleman
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Fun

• I'm perfectly honest, I've never seen Twilight, I've never seen The Vampire Diaries, and I've never seen True Blood, or anything like that.

  

  Oliver Jackson-Cohen
  • Vampire Diaries
  • True Blood

• Angry Black White Boy is bananas! Actually, it's a banana split with razor blades in it. Adam Mansbach is the white Richard Wright, and Angry Black White Boy is our generation's Native Son.

  

  William Upski Wimsatt
  • Black
  • Son
  • Angry