Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
My mom used to tell me, I can't use this phrase on the radio - but basically don't be one of those dudes hanging on the corner.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I know all the critics.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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One of the things I've learned with doing 'xkcd' is that you sort of give people, 'Here's the thing, and here's the button you can press to get another thing.' Sometimes that can be more easy to digest than, 'Here's a long page of things.'
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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There's something so great about being with your nephew and, when you're tired, just handing him off back to your sister.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
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When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.
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No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.
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I've never viewed myself as above anybody else or anything like that. I'm a regular guy at the end of the day. I like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and The Powerpuff Girls.
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When I was 15, I worked at a dry cleaner because I wanted Abercrombie & Fitch jeans. My mom told me I could have $20 jeans, not $70 jeans, unless I was willing to work for them. So I did!
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It's not about an individual. If I have a tip or a reminder for one of my teammates, I'll help him out by doing that.
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My mom used to tell me, I can't use this phrase on the radio - but basically don't be one of those dudes hanging on the corner.
