Tom Wolfe Quotes

I have never knowingly, I swear to God, written satire. The word connotes exaggeration of the foibles of mankind. To me, mankind just has foibles. You don't have to push it!

Tom Wolfe

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GodMePushYouNeverSatire

I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories.

Jimmy Breslin

WritingLongCopyBoyStarted

I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. And that was true for racists who wanted to use the 'n' word when talking about me or about my people, or the stupidity of people who really wanted to belittle other folks because they weren't pretty or they weren't rich or they weren't clever.

Maya Angelou

IgnoranceStupidityPeopleMeRich

In the tail above the giant resonance, you can get not just one neutron emitted but two, three, four or five, and so there are a lot of things one can measure, looking at the competition with the emission of neutrons and protons and so on.

John Henry Carver

CompetitionLookingYouMeasureTwo

I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen.

Maureen Dowd

JournalismFindDifficultNatural

I want my portraits to create a space where blackness can breathe.

Amy Sherald

SpaceCreateWantBreatheBlackness

African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.

Alveda King

OpportunityPoliticsSkinHimMiss

Silverstone is challenging, but it has a good feel. It's one of the quickest tracks of the year, with legendary corners like the Magotts, Becketts, Chapel complex.

Romain Grosjean

GoodFeelYearComplexLikeTracks

You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different.

Michael Owen

ConfidenceI AmPeopleYouMoodAm

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

Michelle Obama

ChangeTimeI AmPeopleMoving

I respect and admire the Mormon faith. And I am eternally grateful that we live in a country where we have the freedom to worship as we choose.

Delilah

LiveFaithFreedomRespectGrateful

It... does... not... have... to... be... pointed out all the time. Like, 'Isn't it great that you're black, and you're a woman?' Isn't it great that the show's good? I would just love for it not to be a thing - for it just to be, like, super norm.

Courtney A. Kemp

LoveGoodGreatTimeWomanBlack

I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.

Chris Van Allsburg

CultureThinkBornArtistsMadeOur

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