Colson Whitehead Quotes
If the world's nations can set aside their petty bickering over religion, politics, and territory, certainly I can 'get that Olympic Spirit' and rise above my prejudices.Colson Whitehead
Quotes to Explore
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Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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People tend to associate fairies with princesses, but they couldn't be more different. Princesses have dynastic and domestic pressures, and they get parked on glass hills. Fairies don't have families. They don't clean or cook. They sip nectar from flowers and dance by the light of the moon.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.
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The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.
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Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.
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I loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones.
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I grew up in Florida, so every now and then, we'd have a garter snake in the lawn. But I'm not super okay with them.
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I rewatched 'The O.C.,' like, seven times!
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If the world's nations can set aside their petty bickering over religion, politics, and territory, certainly I can 'get that Olympic Spirit' and rise above my prejudices.
Colson Whitehead
