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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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I always watch the work I do.
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There is a huge reservoir of support for abortion rights from ordinary women. I hear all the time from women who had abortions and say it made possible the good life they went on to have. Social shaming silences too many.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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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.
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Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
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When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.
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I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.
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When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitarist like B.B. King. I was around 13 when I started, and I learned a lot by looking and listening. I learned how to be a bandleader from watching that band work.
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It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person.
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I learned early that I had to work harder than the white kids and harder than the boys.
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I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.
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The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry.
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In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not.
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I'm not into bikinis or other revealing clothing.
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I decided a long time ago that if I was going to do anything internationally, it would be mainstream pop entertainment - and that's exactly what 'Quantico' is. The diversity is just reflective of the world today - look around you: this is what America looks like. This is what the world looks like. It's time Hollywood embraced that.
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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
