Colson Whitehead Quotes
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The world is always in movement.
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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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All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most fulfilling is producing.
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I realised that music controls me more than I control music. I had to write songs that were convincing me that things would get better.
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People have been to jail when they're innocent. I knew I would never miss a single ball on a snooker table on purpose and, until then, I was sure the evidence would support me.
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One of the greatest features of science is that it doesn't matter where you were born, and it doesn't matter what the belief systems of your parents might have been: If you perform the same experiment that someone else did, at a different time and place, you'll get the same result.
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The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees.
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I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction.
Colson Whitehead
