Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
You don't make a case for reparations thinking, 'Oh yeah, people are gonna love this.' I didn't see that coming.
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Broadway is really my life.
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My grandfather milked several cows twice a day and supplied the neighbours with dairy products. He liked to go visiting around the county on Saturdays, and he also enjoyed the neighbours when they came by once a week with their empty milk jars. He walked them out to their cars and hung over the driver's side window until they drove off.
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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I want someone who will love me for the person I am and not because of my status. It has to be someone who understands the pressure of playing for India. It will be very difficult to be with a person who has her own career because someone has to make sacrifices for the family and house.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.
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Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull.
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Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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I'm no rose. I have been around a while, and you never know when something is going to be the last thing you do.
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I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.
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Probably most dying patients, even when suffering greatly, would choose to live as long as possible. That courage and grace should be protected and honored, and we should put every effort into treating their symptoms.
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You don't make a case for reparations thinking, 'Oh yeah, people are gonna love this.' I didn't see that coming.
