Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
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I have selective hearing.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.
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The United States is supplying the most modern and sophisticated weaponry to Israel to the tune of billions of dollars every year.
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2009 was crazy enough! I can't believe I worked with Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen, Marsha Mason, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, Jack O'Brien and Trevor Nunn in the same 12 months.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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Dancing is something I do. Not something I just want to do. It's something I just do, depending on how I'm feeling. I don't see myself taking that as just a job.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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I have long been interested in exploring and advancing the valuable relationships between the arts and society.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.
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I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff that doesn't stick, goes away. The stuff that propels you forward, you can see it in your partner's eyes.
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What you believe is powerful. If you can change what you believe, you can change your life!
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I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname.
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The ties between the Obama White House and the hip-hop community are genuine.
