Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
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Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.
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It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
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I'm a TV junkie, so it's hard to choose just one. Currently I'm a slave to 'Black Sails,' 'Vikings,' 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Mindy Project.'
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.
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GM has never been about feeding the world or tackling environmental problems. It is and has always been about control of the global food economy by a tiny handful of giant corporations. It's not wicked to question that process. It is wicked not to.
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If there's a party and they won't let my friends in, I'd leave. No question.
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Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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Women would rather be right than reasonable.
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Trust me, I would love to have a wife and kids. I would very much enjoy that. But I also know that you have to be in the right place to do that.
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What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away.
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Above and beyond drawing my creations, I try to incorporate some kind of message. I try not to end as merely a question but try to provide a conclusion within the work.
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The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!
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I'm a California girl. I grew up in Inglewood right by LAX.
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records.
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I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range.
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This is a time when all of God's people need to keep their eyes and their Bibles wide open. We must ask God for discernment as never before.
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I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing.
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My mother, grandmother and older sister all cooked, so it was hard to get into the kitchen. So I have no talent for cooking. I was always out in the garage with my dad. I have a tool belt. I'm a repair chick.
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Sometimes a leap of faith doesn't pan out.
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Storytellers have the right to answer any question they choose.
