Colson Whitehead Quotes
I wanted to be one of these multidisciplinary critics who is doing music one day, TV the next, and books the next.Colson Whitehead
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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We can only learn to love by loving.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place.
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I'm influenced by all types of music.
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When we use old confessions and catechisms, we help teach our people that their faith is an old faith, shared by millions over many centuries. We also help them realize that other Christians have asked the same questions.
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A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and not by a but.
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I wanted to be one of these multidisciplinary critics who is doing music one day, TV the next, and books the next.
Colson Whitehead
