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.Ta-Nehisi Coates
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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.
Salvatore Quasimodo -
NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
Victor Ponta -
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
Washington Irving -
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.
Nas -
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.
Laura Dern -
'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.
Hansika Motwani
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
Tamsin Greig -
All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
Walter Payton -
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.
Lady Gaga -
I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.
Larry David -
I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
Eddie Bracken -
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.
Gary Frank
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
Ed Stoppard -
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.
Gary Coleman -
It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next.
Hank Azaria -
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
B. C. Forbes -
Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.
Jack Kerouac -
Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
Adam Cohen
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I've got a great relationship with my dad, but I can imagine how annoying it would be if I had to move back into his house.
Sally Phillips -
There are two sayings that are familiar in every news room across the country: 1. sex sells; 2. if it bleeds it leads.
Armstrong Williams -
I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast.
Brian May Queen -
"A Tale of Three Cities" is a tribute to our parents' generation, who escaped from city to city in search of their loved ones and in search of a place to build a better home. The story is set during the turbulent war years in China in the '40s and '50s.
Mabel Cheung -
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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates