Colson Whitehead Quotes

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• The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

  

  Jack London
  • Time
  • Live
  • Trying

• If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.

  

  Ada Yonath
  • High
  • Chance
  • Curiosity

• I was not the pampered baby, no. I'm five years younger, and my parents were actually very strict with me, more strict than with the other ones.

  

  Tate Donovan
  • Parents
  • Baby
  • Strict

• If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's going to happen next? What's that character going to do?' But you know, you never really need to watch the films you made again. They stay inside you, always with you.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
  • Character
  • Interesting
  • Wind

• I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Thoughts
  • Presence
  • Studying

• By 2025, we can expect the world to be completely digital. Paper books will be a thing of the past. Education will be delivered through analytics-based assessment tools and adaptive learning platforms.

  

  Osman Rashid
  • World
  • Past
  • Education

• A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Good
  • Together
  • Ending

• There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Author
  • Changes
  • Alive

• I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It's such a blow.

  

  Karin Fossum
  • Friends
  • House
  • Years

• When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.

  

  Bayard Rustin
  • Society
  • Very
  • Dignity

• I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.

  

  Laila Ali
  • People
  • Father
  • Compassion

• You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • You
  • Fear
  • Scared

• Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • Time
  • Dog
  • Pet

• I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.

  

  Fernando Botero
  • Life
  • Stop
  • Painting

• I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Happy
  • Guy
  • Night

• Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most. That is what being in the United Kingdom is all about.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • Money
  • City
  • Sea

• College inspired me to think differently. It's like no other time in your life.

  

  Larisa Oleynik
  • Life
  • Time
  • College

• The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture.

  

  Wang Leehom
  • Culture
  • Relationship
  • West

• I come from the place of thinking, 'Whatever works for people' - and if you haven't been exposed to anything else, you really don't know better.

  

  Rachael Harris
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Better

• I would always get a lot of work as a writer, but that wasn't what I wanted to be. For me, I was only doing half of what I really wanted to do - write and direct.

  

  Jocelyn Moorhouse
  • Work

• I thought of a great way to celebrate my Finnish heritage at home. I'm going to look into opening a chain of strip clubs, and I'll call them Lapland!!!

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Great
  • Home

• Yoga is ideal for calming the mind and harmonizing with nature. Plus, since this meditation consists of listening to what's taking place in the instant, it brings the mind into the present, where the body resides, producing unification of mind and body.

  

  H. E. Davey
  • Mind
  • Nature
  • Present

• I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something.

  

  Paul Mazursky
  • Mind
  • Direct
  • Script

• A lot of early Misfits song titles are inspired by old B-movies, which were my Popeye's spinach when I was a kid.

  Colson Whitehead
  • Song
  • Inspired