Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.
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Donald Trump has made it clear that he regards Hungary highly.
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The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.
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A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.
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Mr. Trump, Americans can't afford, and don't want, to worry about the latest lawsuit filed against their president. And you're not immune from these suits once you enter the Oval Office. Anything you've done before taking office is fair game.
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If ever we deserved a candidate at this moment in our culture, that candidate is Donald Trump.
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If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens.
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I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake of that magic is halfway dead - it returns to its physical elements, it's just paint and canvas.
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I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me to be an oracle, wave a magic wand, sprinkle some slow, sparkly dust on them, to make everything all right.
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Nobody could like Donald Trump, surely, except his mother. No one really likes The Donald. But how can you not have respect for a guy who's been down on the floor and just keeps coming back? Nothing will keep Donald Trump down until they drive a wooden stake in his heart and a silver bullet in his brain.
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The problem with Donald Trump is that he went and designed a brand that is entirely amoral.
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I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.
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The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.
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Research indicates that a pause tends to be a signal that a cluster of deceptive cues is on its way. This is a key reason why voters routinely associate Trump with authenticity: He rarely pauses.
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I have been writing fairy tales for as long as I can remember. Not much has changed in terms of my natural attraction to the narrative techniques of fairy tales. My appreciation of them in the traditional stories has deepened, especially of flat and unadorned language, intuitive logic, abstraction, and everyday magic.
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Magic has been around forever, and it's also been in trouble forever. I'm not suggesting that there was ever a time when the practice of magic was celebrated by those in power. Actually, such practices were routinely demonized by monarchs and organized religions precisely because magic is inherently democratic.
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Controlling President Trump seems incredibly difficult.
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Indeed, bull markets are fueled by successive waves of prior skeptics finally capitulating as their fears fade. Eventually, fear turns to euphoria, and that's the stuff of bubbles.
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Jean Plaidy was the greatest influence on me.
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Donald Trump did not appear by magic.
