Colson Whitehead Quotes
Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time.Colson Whitehead
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My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, meant-to-be coming together of circumstance. You walk out there to do your first 'Tonight Show': Is the audience going to be hot? Are you going to be on fire? It's like an athlete: Are you going to have your moves at a peak?
Garry Shandling -
I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
T'Keyah Crystal Keymah -
Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
Fareed Zakaria -
I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
Abigail Disney -
My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
Nadia Bjorlin -
Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
Ada Yonath
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
Zora Neale Hurston -
Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
Larry King -
My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
Patrice Leconte -
We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
T. D. Jakes -
No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
Dana Boente -
I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
Nathan Lane
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
W. Clement Stone -
Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
Edith Wharton -
That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
Florentijn Hofman -
People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
Carlos Ghosn -
The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
Adam Draper -
Today's vote is a serious setback to all those in the Washington community who sought the return of a team to the nation's capital. I regret very much that D.C. officials have failed to honor the agreement they made when they successfully bid for the Expos to move to Washington. Baseball has no choice but to pursue arbitration so the terms of our original agreement can be honored and to begin to explore whatever options are available to us.
Bob DuPuy
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A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Daniel Hannan -
I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.
Janet Jackson -
Anyone who's an executive at a record label does not understand what the Internet is, how it works, how people use it, how fans and consumers interact - no idea. I'm surprised they know how to use e-mail.
Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails -
The Chip also reduces the damage done by bandits. They still steal drinks and cheers along the course, but no longer scramble the paying runners' results. No entry fee, no Chip, no time or place.
Joe Henderson -
Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time.
Colson Whitehead