Tayari Jones Quotes
When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.
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I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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I interviewed Johnny Knoxville once. I was kind of scared to interview him because I thought he might be a real jerk, but he was really nice, and I ripped his chest hair out.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
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I dress for men.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.
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The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation.
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
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In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable.
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The man who does not wish to be one of the mass only needs to cease to be easy on himself.
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When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.
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As far as the allegations of the CIA hacking into Senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth, ... We wouldn’t do that. I mean, that’s just beyond the, you know, the scope of reason in terms of what we do.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it.
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When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.
