Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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'First Family' on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.
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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful.
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I am just getting into Zora Neale Hurston, who is possibly a much better writer than the critics and rivals who tried to erase her from history, resulting in a life in which she worked as a maid and died in a welfare nursing home. She's clever. She does something modern to the sentence.
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I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my hands on until I was able to make it to L.A.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
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We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.
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If you're offended, it's your problem.
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I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.
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I studied fashion at the London College of Fashion. I get involved in it as part of my own styling, so if I wasn't a pop star maybe a fashion buyer or a stylist.
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My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.
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I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.
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If I'm not living from my heart, I get sick.
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I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence.
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I don't think that I could have survived in my family without a naughty sense of humor; yeah, absolutely. I think my brother and I both get our senses of humor from our parents. I mean, my mother was absolutely hilarious and foul. She had the most ridiculously off color sense of humor, so that was sort of what we grew up with.
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I think it'll be an emotional day. It'll be exciting for me, mostly it'll be exciting for them. I'm not going to get to come here a lot, so, it'll be a special day, hopefully.
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The possibility of democracy on a global scale is emerging today for the very first time.
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Genius is only a superior power of seeing.
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It is probable that democracy owes more to nonconformity than to any other single movement.
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As the movement matures, a lot of us are starting to look at that conundrum. If we feel like [the media] didn’t say what we were talking about, maybe we need to also think about how we can be more intentional about messaging our actual demands.
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The movement is stronger, what is happening is like everyone is sharing the music with their peers that are not Africans, more clubs are playing the songs, so people are consuming the music in larger numbers.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
