Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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Even when Facebook came out, and I was in college, I found myself never putting anything on it.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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I like to stay within the context of the character's background. If he's a cop, I have to make sure the audience is convinced that this person, a cop, can do only so much without a gun.
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A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
