Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.
S. Truett Cathy -
I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.
Yves Saint Laurent -
We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
Tamron Hall -
Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.
Edmond de Goncourt -
I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
Kareena Kapoor Khan -
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
Bebe Rexha
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
Sam Hunt -
I grew up on a farm where we had one radio station and it was all country.
Garrett Hedlund -
I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
Maajid Nawaz -
Like Hillary Clinton, I, too, have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike Mrs. Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.
Carly Fiorina -
In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.
Hamish Bowles -
My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
Mahershala Ali
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I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.
Zac Goldsmith -
Well, as I understand it, the main supporters are beer companies and the pharmaceutical companies. I'd like them to show me the dead bodies from marijuana. But they can't because there aren't any.
Jack Herer -
I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
Jack O'Brien -
I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
Canelo Alvarez -
There's no place like home. And I do miss my home.
Malala Yousafzai -
War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
Ted Turner
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I am happy with what I've done.
Hanoi Hannah -
After you get what you want you don't want it.
Irving Berlin -
I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic and familiar to me, or who can make me feel inspired.
Malala Yousafzai -
I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
Now I begin to be a disciple... Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment... come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.
Ignatius of Antioch -
We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.
Ta-Nehisi Coates