Colson Whitehead Quotes
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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
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All of my high school issues are resolved!
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You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it.
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We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
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I grew up watching horror movies with my dad. For as long as I can remember. I grew up loving being terrified. 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' at sleepovers. Hiding behind my fingers.
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Nobody ever said I'm a simple personality.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.
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Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality.
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Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
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I was working with stem cells as part of a NASA programme. We realised that the science of stem-cell proliferation was also fundamental to cancer cells when cancer enters the phase of metastasis.
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The bond between true lovers is as close as we come to what endures forever.
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'Why did you stop at a red light and let me hit you doin' 80?!'
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I was on stage with Cyndi Lauper, and my trousers split. It seemed like she was going to sing for ever.
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Higher SAT scores mean better college matriculation rates. So it's no wonder that private schools in ultra-competitive environments would grease the qualifying process as much as possible.
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There's still time for greatness.
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Our past absolutely defines everything we do in the present. We can't help it. We're made by the events of our past, so there's no escaping it.
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It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.
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Some books are well-received with critics; other books sell.
Colson Whitehead
