Colson Whitehead Quotes
I don't generally follow sports. At an early age, I discovered that nature had apportioned me only a small reserve of enthusiasm. Best to ration.Colson Whitehead
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
Damon Galgut -
The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
Viggo Mortensen -
Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
W. Clement Stone -
You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
J. Martin Kohe -
Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
P. J. O'Rourke -
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
E. O. Wilson
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
Dane Cook -
I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.
Utada Hikaru -
I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
Queen Latifah -
My low center of gravity allows me to defend takedowns a lot better than most people. It's very hard to get to my legs. It's going to be really hard to take me down. There are a lot of positives to being my size.
Daniel Cormier -
I had saved a lot of money working at Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Chip Cookies, ushering at the Golden Gate Theatre, and doing odd jobs so I could live in New York for a few months. If it ran out, I would have to give up and go home. It turned out OK. I got my Equity card and started working.
B. D. Wong
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I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.
Irvine Welsh -
My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
Tamara Ecclestone -
I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
Ranbir Kapoor -
Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.
Zoe Saldana -
War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
A. A. Milne -
I don't like to feel like I'm some fragile package that has to be shipped by high-priority mail and handled with white gloves.
Taylor Swift
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In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.
S. I. Hayakawa -
Human reason is by nature architectonic.
Immanuel Kant -
I really like watching reruns of 'The Crystal Maze.' It's something that I find weirdly comforting. If I ever have even a small amount of banknotes, I love to 'Crystal Maze' them by throwing them in the air and catching them. But it's never as fun as it looks on TV.
Tuppence Middleton -
Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $371.49 each.
Andy Rooney -
Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!
Donald Trump -
I don't generally follow sports. At an early age, I discovered that nature had apportioned me only a small reserve of enthusiasm. Best to ration.
Colson Whitehead