Colson Whitehead Quotes
There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out there.
Colson Whitehead
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
Ina May Gaskin
I think you can feel good about yourself at any size and any shape. Nobody should be made to feel inferior because they have a certain body type.
Zach Anner
Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
Ma Long
There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.
Olivia Thirlby
Betty White is a riot. She is a good time! That is the bottom line: Betty White is a good time. She is really an incredible woman. She is so kind. She doesn't have one mean bone in her body, and she is the funniest woman in the room always. And you'll never hear one complaint from her.
Odette Annable
I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map.
Mamie Gummer
Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But in Vietnam, and Iraq we were wrong.
Madeleine M. Kunin
I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album.
Vanessa Carlton
I think that a lot of kids today focus on impressing each other. And while that's really nice, you also have to think about your future, about getting into a good school.
Kara Hayward
My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
Ozzie Smith
When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.
Harriet Ann Jacobs
The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.
Harlan Coben
I don't like the actors to work together beforehand. I trust my intuition, and I like when the actors are the same.
Olivier Dahan
It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it.
James Agee
Without the funding Amtrak needs to keep operating, we will soon see people that rely on Amtrak to get them to work each day, waiting for a train that isn't coming.
Corrine Brown
My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.
Jack Kerouac
As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence.
Yahya Jammeh
There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out there.
Colson Whitehead