Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
If I wrote a Jewish superhero, he'd have awesome time-traveling powers. I'd call him Doctorow.
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I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you know what to expect slightly more from the track and from your car.
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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. You're trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that's a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with them, as opposed to a very, very small, pinpointed audience. Difficult to do.
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'
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It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.
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Oh, my dating skills are the worst. No, I pick the wrong men; it's amazing. I am awful, the worst dater.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
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When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
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But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.
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Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change.
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Romantic Orientalism was fascinated by the color and excitement of a powerful culture, and nearly always approached its subject with love.
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I feel if some kid has sat down and felt I'm important enough to write two pages of words to and take up a lot of his valuable time, then he deserves a few words back, or even a phone call as I have done on a few occasions.
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I do Pilates and yoga and try to eat healthy.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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In high school, I didn't realize that science or engineering were male-dominated fields. When I got to college, and I was one of two girls in a 50-person class, that's when I realized that this was a unique decision I had made as a girl to go into engineering.
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If I wrote a Jewish superhero, he'd have awesome time-traveling powers. I'd call him Doctorow.
