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John McWhorter Quotes

Rap and spoken word have reawakened the country to poetry in itself. Texting and Twitter encourage creative uses of casual language, in ways I have celebrated widely. But we've fallen behind on savoring the formal layer of our language.

John McWhorter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american

Topics

Creative Poetry Language Country Rap

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

Robert Morgan

Perspective Nostalgia Distance Only

Early on, I got some criticism from other gay writers and queer theorists for being too 'assimilationist,' probably because my characters are outsiders, even in the gay world.

Stephen McCauley

World Criticism Early Gay Being Got

I tend to be a lot more honest and transparent with employees than most bosses are. But I've had people tell me - even those who love working with me - that I'm terrifying, which is hard for me to imagine.

Stewart Butterfield

Love People Me Employees More Hard

We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat.

Tracy Austin

Credit Champions Two Us Give Number

I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up.

Ron Silver

Think Grow Grow Up Up Going Still

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

Mary Todd Lincoln

Me Evil Genius Procrastination More

I can remember when I was a baby and my mother was there watching the show. I went and bought 100 episodes and watched them. I respect it so much that the sitcom itself and Ed Norton; I'm not playing Ed Norton but my version of it, cause I'm a black man.

Mike Epps

Mother Respect Man Baby Black I Can

Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans.

Mitt Romney

Heart People Me American You Tax

I'm not the fastest, the strongest, the most athletic, the tallest. But in order for me to be good at what I do, I have to focus on my craft so much that it alleviates those other things. I can't have personal relationships like other people do. I can't spend time on that.

Doug Baldwin

Good Time Focus People Me Personal

The Koch brothers tend to give to right-leaning and libertarian causes. Koch money was instrumental, for example, in founding the Cato Institute and the Libertarian Party.

Donald Luskin

Money Party Libertarian Give Example

We always pray before we go on stage. It's just something that I've always done. For me, it's a big thing, and the guys in the band seem to appreciate doing it, so we do it at every show.

Chris Young

Me Appreciate Doing Go Done Band

But that in and of itself this past year was not a factor in what I did for the national team every time I stepped out there, or in training, or when I stepped out there in the WUSA.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Time Past Training Team Year Out