Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
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Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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Doing the right thing has power.
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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.
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But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
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I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly, do they?
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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I'm very close with my higher power. I have a very strong connection with it.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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An act of unilateral nuclear disarmament by a European power would have a much more lasting impact than all the sanctions under consideration. Sanctions, as we know from the example of Iraq, always affect the least powerful citizens the most.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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The whole experience on 'Grown Ups 2' was like going to adult summer camp.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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You have to see if the batsman is coming out, if he is staying back, what his grip is like, to gauge his intentions. A common trend I have observed is, a lot of batsmen change their grips when they are looking to hit: normally they either go high or slide their hand to the bottom of the handle to get maximum power.
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I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes it's a difficult one but I love the power of saying it so I'm gonna do it whether it's hard or easy.
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I don't feel like I'm grown up. I feel like I'm a kid.
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There is nothin' like a dame.
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There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their fortunes.
Garry Kasparov -
It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.
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I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial.
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I'm a one-man idiot.
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To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies.
