Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.
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Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
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If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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I got typecast early in my career as the guy who is very intense. Once you get into a certain mold, people see you that way, as much as it's disproved time and again.
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I had $20,000, and I started up JYSK.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.
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There are only four things in all cleaners - whether it's shampoo, laundry detergent, whatever.You buy them in bulk and you mix them up properly, and they all work. It doesn't matter if they call the stuff ecologically friendly or have dolphins diving around on the label - it still has these damn four things in it. Anything else is just unnecessary additions to make it smell good or color it blue when it goes down the toilet.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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Then I’ll have to succeed three times as hard as they want me to fail. You, of all people, should understand that.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
