Colson Whitehead Quotes
I was 7 years old when 'Roots' was first broadcast, and my parents gathered all us kids around the TV to learn about how we got here. But it wasn't until I sat down and immersed myself in the research that I got the barest inkling of what it meant to be a slave.
Colson Whitehead
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China has the best opportunities. A domestic market with 1.3bn people will help create more Fortune 500 retailers.
Zhang Jindong
It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
Natalie Merchant
First and foremost, you have to remember that restaurants are businesses and they have to stay in business. And though everyone thinks they want grass fed beef, most people actually prefer the taste of corn fed - it is less dry, more marbled, and less gamey, not to mention much less expensive than grass fed.
Gail Simmons
I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
Mandy Patinkin
When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
Captain Beefheart
I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
Victor Garber
I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!
Bruce Dickinson
Iron Maiden
There are certain functions that a writer has to do. In a time of crisis, it is great to have heroic poems, as it was in the Irish Revolution. It's great to have great songs, because people need something to sing when they are marching. That's OK, but it should be on the side. It's not the ultimate thing.
Derek Walcott
There is probably no such thing as a level playing field in political campaigns.
Deborah Tannen
Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that.
Kara DioGuardi
What amazes me is how far some people will go to justify their behavior to themselves, just to preserve that self-perception.
Christopher Golden
I was 7 years old when 'Roots' was first broadcast, and my parents gathered all us kids around the TV to learn about how we got here. But it wasn't until I sat down and immersed myself in the research that I got the barest inkling of what it meant to be a slave.
Colson Whitehead
