Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
In Richard Wright, Dad found a literature of himself. He'd read Manchild in the Promised Land and Another Country, but from Wright he learned that there was an entire shadow canon, a tradition of writers who grabbed the pen, not out of leisure but to break the chain.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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Yes, it was love at first sight. I feel that after all these years, I have finally found my soul mate.
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For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
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The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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Well, you know, you're not going to have 86 percent of Congress voted out of office.
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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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If you ask me, over time, I am a believer in the Indian financial saving story getting stronger; a lot more savers are moving money away from gold and real estate into banks, mutual funds, insurance and equities.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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'Miele' is a code name for a girl who has a double life.
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I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll.
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Silent pictures show us how we lived and what our attitudes were. And as an art form, they can be wonderfully entertaining and often inspirational.
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[Iraqis] know we own their country...It's a good thing, especially when there is a lot of oil out there we need.
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It is not that I don't have a fear of sharks, it is that I have a respect for them, so that I know any more than if I were to go into the jungle, I would have a fear of tigers, that I would try to lower the odds.
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All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
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Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.
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In Richard Wright, Dad found a literature of himself. He'd read Manchild in the Promised Land and Another Country, but from Wright he learned that there was an entire shadow canon, a tradition of writers who grabbed the pen, not out of leisure but to break the chain.
