Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
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I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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Just try the effect of putting beauty into your life, a little every day. You will find it magical. It will broaden and light up your outlook upon the world as the acquisition of money or fame never can.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible by cooking only to enhance their intrinsic flavors.
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I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
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So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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Well, I think the world changes around you - I think you don't change. That's as simple as that.
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Being honest with you, it's not the 'great' wall of China. It's an all right wall. It's the 'All Right Wall of China.'
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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I love New York City; I've got a gun.
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Yoga has had a profound effect on my songs and performances. I don't meditate in the traditional style of sitting and doing nothing. I prefer the zen of paying attention, such as the meditation of yoga flow, or walking meditations. I also consider singing, surfing and gardening to very meditative.
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Having a child changes everything. All of a sudden you have so much to lose, so much to live for.
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Iran has to live up to its international obligations. . . . The president has said that our patience is not unlimited.
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
