Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
We want to believe racism is an artifact of the past, and if you have a political massacre, that contradicts that.
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
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I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.
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I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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Whereas recessive traits require two bad copies of a gene to become noticeable, a dominant trait expresses itself no matter what the other copy does. A benign example of dominance: If you inherit one gene for sticky wet earwax and one gene for dry earwax, the sticky earwax gene wins out every time.
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These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate a leader who would torture his own people, who would utilize his executive prerogatives for abuses.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
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My most joy that I have is dancing.
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I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.
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It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.
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Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless.
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It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.
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The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
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He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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I cast people from right around me. I was at my alma mater. It's special to have most of the graduate students in it [and] one professor, because I feel like in terms of this school, I was one of the few students lucky enough to break into the art industry or the contemporary art world.
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I would say that a wasted vote is voting for anybody you don't believe in. If you believe in the third party, that's the guy you need to voice for. That's how you change things.
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I believe that everyone collects. I think collecting is in our blood as humans.
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We want to believe racism is an artifact of the past, and if you have a political massacre, that contradicts that.
