Colson Whitehead Quotes
Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.
Colson Whitehead
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
Jack McBrayer
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
A. J. Jacobs
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
Walker Stapleton
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
Hannibal Buress
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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
Jack Kilby
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
Natalie Cole
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When we are young - or even 32 - we often say 'yes' to everything because we're worried that we won't know what we'll like if we don't try it.
Jami Attenberg
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I haven't even watched that many movies; I'm, like, a weird actor.
Jane Levy
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I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.
Padgett Powell
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I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
Yogi Berra
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Like a lot of black people, I grew up straight po'. Wasn't no question about whether we was po', either. If you really wanted to know, all you had to do was look in our refrigerator.
Bernie Mac
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Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.
Colson Whitehead