Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes
From last century's 'The Birth of a Nation' to this century's 'Gods and Generals,' Hollywood has likely done more than any other American institution to obstruct a truthful apprehension of the Civil War and, thus, modern America's very origins.
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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
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Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
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I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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When Captain America is in a room full of Marvel superheroes, he is always Top Dog, even though his powers are pretty modest. He could be stood next to Thor, Iron Man, whoever. He is the one that everyone looks up to. To me, that is Superman, too. Even de-powered in the Legion arc, he was still Superman. Still Top Dog.
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.
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It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next.
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There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.
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I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!
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Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.
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America is the most creative country and the most powerful government in the world.
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From last century's 'The Birth of a Nation' to this century's 'Gods and Generals,' Hollywood has likely done more than any other American institution to obstruct a truthful apprehension of the Civil War and, thus, modern America's very origins.
