Colson Whitehead Quotes
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There is no need to change my image. I like my image, and the audience likes it, too. I am very comfortable with the kind of roles I do, and as I am not doing the same character or playing myself. I explore my characters; I don't brood over my broody image.
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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.
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I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.
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I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or knock out walls.
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Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.
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It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
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Reggeton has changed very much, musically. It has evolved. The artists have also evolved.
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When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.
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I look forward to strengthening the U.S.-U.N. partnership and working closely with Secretary of State Kerry towards our shared goals of peace, development, and human rights.
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.
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I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.
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If I were to say you are crazy, what part of that would you find unacceptable?
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I was gonna work in a university, but no one was hiring.
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I like to think I'm a pretty good friend. I love having a good time, and I enjoy being able to share those good times with others.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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I don't want to see older people on T.V. I want to see young, pretty people on T.V.
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Music has been one of the most beautiful things in my life and will always be a very big part of who I am and what I do.
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I can't tell you exactly why my work ethic is the way that it is, but I know that I will always work harder than anyone else I know.
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There are capitalist states which consider themselves cheated, during previous redivisions of spheres of influence, territories, sources of raw materials, markets, etc., and which would again desire to redivide them to their own advantage.
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I like to know how I'm supposed to feel about things. Just a little clue or hint.
Colson Whitehead
