Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
'White America' is a syndicate arrayed to protect its exclusive power to dominate and control our bodies.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
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I think it's important that things are flawed.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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It's easy for people to strike if they're not working on a regular basis.
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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at.
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Money power means budget power and it is folly to imagine that the citizen can control government unless he can control its budget.
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Warhol was the ultimate voyeur, constantly observing people through the lens. He watched and listened, but did not participate. Behind the camera, Warhol was in control.
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The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.
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'White America' is a syndicate arrayed to protect its exclusive power to dominate and control our bodies.
