Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
I've been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I'm not qualified to talk about.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.
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Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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I want to expand the compassionate conservative agenda. I believe life begins in the womb, and we should protect it. But it extends to a child in Darfur or someone living in poverty.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
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Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
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Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
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Grace can and does have a history.
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Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.
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Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
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I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.
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I've been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I'm not qualified to talk about.
