Colson Whitehead Quotes
Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia, and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy.Colson Whitehead
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I'm very respectful in everything I wear. I think about it.
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I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The people who signed me have no connection to Judaism or Israel.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have.
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We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.
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No place is safe - no place is at peace. There is no place where a women and her daughter can hide and be at peace. The war comes through the air, bombs drop in the night. Quiet people go out in the morning, and see air-fleets passing overhead - dripping death - dripping death!
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I lived in New York for maybe a year and a half, from '95 to '97, but I live in Dallas. My whole family is there.
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Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia, and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy.
Colson Whitehead
