John McWhorter Quotes

Black English is simpler than standard English in some ways; for example, it often gets by with just 'be' and drops 'am,' 'is,' and 'are.' That's because black English arose when adult African slaves learned the language.

John McWhorter

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I've struggled with depression in my life and sort of the way that the depression itself becomes an addiction.

Joanna Going

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I think when you're a tall girl, you feel a little bit like an outcast. You have to go to the back of the photo. You're taller than all the boys. I know I felt more like an outsider. And then as I got older, I just got used to it. I got like, 'I don't date under 6 feet.' That's my policy.

Jessica Williams

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I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that.

Joan Cusack

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My eating habits are the only behaviour of mine that are still manic. I can't walk by a restaurant, a bakery, an ice-cream store or a candy store without making a purchase; the amount of calories I take in today are at least five times as many as I took before starting on all of this medication.

Andy Behrman

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I'm good friends with The Rock, and I talk to him all the time. And he says that, even though his movie career has taken off, he misses the instant gratification of wrestling, and the live crowds, and I could see being that way myself.

Trish Stratus

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As a teenager, in my songbook, I used to script what my lighting would be like. I used to dance in my roo;, it was like putting myself in a trance, and making myself feel good about things, almost like a private ceremony of begging people to like you.

Mika

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Maybe I'm just as bad as my critics who hound me.

Mike Gallagher

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We're all just playing our own game. I don't see it as a rivalry. We're just trying to play our best.

Michelle Wie

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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.

Moliere

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You should do what other people do, unless you have a very good reason not to.

Jordan Peterson

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Judy Blume excels at describing how it feels to be invisible. So how poetic is it that Blume herself is suddenly everywhere?

Diablo Cody

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In spite of my lack of education, I didn't lack direction.

Chris Cornell

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