Colson Whitehead Quotes
Part of any book is establishing the rules at the end of the world. My first book, 'The Intuitionist,' takes place in an alternative world where elevator inspectors are important, so you have to establish rules, and part of that is, How do people talk? How do they behave?Colson Whitehead
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
Tara Strong -
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar Wilde -
I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.
Tammy Faye Bakker -
It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.
E. M. Forster -
I think there is some truth to the fact that yeah, okay, cool, obviously the more mainstream kind of easier-to-grasp-onto dance music has become popular, but that holds true with almost any genre. It wasn't like the Sex Pistols hit the radio. It was poppier versions of that is what hit. It's never, like, the true core stuff.
Kaskade -
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson
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When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.
Daniel Cormier -
You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
Madchen Amick -
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
Abbie Hoffman -
I just respect Kanye as an artist.
Bebe Rexha -
My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
Nathan Lane -
There's no way that a third party wins without being in the presidential debates. I think the vast majority of Americans are Libertarian; they just don't know it.
Gary Johnson
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
Canelo Alvarez -
The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists.
Barbara Amiel -
Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
Naveen Jain -
I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
Danica McKellar -
With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences.
Rainbow Rowell -
I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.
Macaulay Culkin
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And I think the blessing of heaven is on Bush. It's just the way it is.
Pat Robertson -
I' ve won awards. And they didn't make me feel bad winning them. They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.
Al Pacino -
Climate change adds further injustice to an already unfair world.
Emmanuel Macron -
Who says there can't be more than one very attractive woman on a show without it becoming CHARLIE'S ANGELS?
Loni Anderson -
Part of any book is establishing the rules at the end of the world. My first book, 'The Intuitionist,' takes place in an alternative world where elevator inspectors are important, so you have to establish rules, and part of that is, How do people talk? How do they behave?
Colson Whitehead