Colson Whitehead Quotes
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The world is always in movement.
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I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
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Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I've got this old-school workout - push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.
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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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I'm not big on remakes.
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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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So long as you've got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you don't really have to care what everyone else thinks.
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No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems unlikely that anyone will do so for many years.
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Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations.
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Everything has two handles, one by which it may be borne, the other by which it may not. If your brother sin against you lay not hold of it by the handle of his injustice, for by that it may not be borne: but rather by this, that he is your brother, the comrade of your youth; and thus you will lay hold on it so that it may be borne. (174).
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I am thrilled to be able to bring my vision of beauty to others who may be inspired by it.
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I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction.
Colson Whitehead
