Colson Whitehead Quotes
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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I feel that we, as Indians, have a knack for loving a stereotypical, sobbing, sympathy-seeking personality. I feel that we need to promote quirky, cool and youthful talent. We have to stop propagating the sob-story angle of celebs, where they try to be larger-than-life. That is very outdated. It is so boring that it puts you to sleep.
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Men build scales, but the gods blow upon the lighter pan.
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I haven't shaken my fists at the moon.
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The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.
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Any outfit that has to beg its listeners for money is an organization that has to constantly please its listeners or it will dry up and go away. It shouldn't work when you think about it.
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These characters are not spontaneous creations. They are engineered down to the last nut and bolt.
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I'm someone who just likes being in my cave and thinking up weird stuff.
Colson Whitehead
