Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.
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Being bi-racial and being from the country, I can talk to guys like Travis Frederick from Wisconsin and Doug Free from Wisconsin. And then I can go over and talk to Dez Bryant. I mean, think about the two different standpoints you need to have a real conversation with both, to really understand what they've been through.
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My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy & Me.'
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Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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There are something like 300 anti-genocide chapters on college campuses around the country. It's bigger than the anti-apartheid movement. There are something like 500 high school chapters devoted to stopping the genocide in Darfur. Evangelicals have joined it. Jewish groups have joined it.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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The climate at country radio is very, 'Let's keep it up-tempo,' probably best if you're a guy.
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The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South.
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something.
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To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world.
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I don't see any difference between Judea and Samaria and the rest of the country.
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The less I talk about being black, the better.
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In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
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I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.
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As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.
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I dug the idea that I was being perceived as the black sheep of my family, but for me, it was like, I was a rebel, and that to me was most important.
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The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in the first 10 Amendments - the Bill of Rights. I'm a firm believer in those civil liberties and the ability to have your own opinion.
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I was taught as a young child by my parents and family to love myself.
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I like celebrities. I love people who are famous. Always have.
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Belying the prophecies of doom by many a self-styled Cassandra, the economy has emerged stronger as a result of adjustment effort mounted by us...; We have not cut subsidies. We have not cut wages. We have not compromised on planning... We have not faltered in our commitment to anti-poverty programmes... We have come out of it with our heads high.
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General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.
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If caregivers are not healthy, mentally well-balanced and spiritually sound, then those for whom they care will suffer.
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If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.
