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Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

American - Journalist | September 30, 1975 -

I haven't checked, but I highly suspect that chickens evolved from an egg-laying ancestor, which would mean that there were, in fact, eggs before there were chickens. Genius.

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Genius Mean Chickens Eggs Would

When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.

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Think Worth You Write Project Even

In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.

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Black America Body Heritage Destroy

Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church.

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Forgiveness Church Christian Movement

You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.

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You Body Your Body Respond Force

There are African-American families around this country - a large, large number of African-American families - that operate out of complete fear that their kids are going to be taken from them and will do anything to prevent that.

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Fear Country Will Out Anything Kids

We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.

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Me Comparison Like Losers Geniuses

If I wrote a Jewish superhero, he'd have awesome time-traveling powers. I'd call him Doctorow.

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Him Awesome Jewish Superhero Call

African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.

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Beginning Country Here Ethnic Been

Somebody once told me, black people, in and of themselves, are cosmopolitan. There's cosmopolitanism within the black experience. There's an incredible amount.

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Experience People Me Black Within

I think at places like 'Slate' or the magazine where I work, there was a really poor record of hiring African-American writers. It was really that simple. And I think with the proliferation of the Internet and Internet media, it has been a little harder to maintain that gatekeeper position.

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Work Simple Think Internet Media

For me, my writing benefits from my experience.

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Experience Me Writing Benefits

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