Colson Whitehead Quotes

Once I got to college, it seemed that the Hamptons were a little bit too posh for me and didn't represent the kind of values I was embracing in my late teens. So, I didn't go out there, except to visit my parents, for a long time. And then, after 9/11, I discovered it was a nice, mellow place to hang out.

Colson Whitehead

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TimeParentsCollegeMeLongValues

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

Anatoly Chubais

PeopleDemandStateDiversification

Water's never clumsy.

Matthew McConaughey

WaterNeverClumsy

Whether you're young old, male, female, marriage (when done correctly) will make your life - and this country - better off.

Steven Crowder

LifeMarriageBetterYouDoneYoung

We all have dark sides to ourselves, and I want to portray that in a realistic way.

Tom Weston-Jones

DarkWantWaySidesRealistic

The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of things to different people. I think we're redefining it now.

Rita Dove

American DreamPeopleThinkAmerican

I say, 'Be brave. Do it even if your ankles shake, because they will.'

Rose McGowan

BraveSayWillBe BraveBecause

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

Michael Rapaport

NowHip-HopRightUpBreakThings

I've performed in Auburn Hills, at The Palace, so I haven't really been in downtown Detroit, but I've been able to be here, and I can really see, what the city was. Like, I can feel why Motown started here and how amazing it was.

Jordin Sparks

CityAmazingFeelI CanDetroitWhy

I saw an amazing film when I was 16 called 'Slam'. It's about a spoken-word poet. Saul Williams is in it.

Boyd Holbrook

AmazingPoetFilmSawAboutSlam

My initial desire to blog came from something that's always been my approach to investing - I'm a nerd, and I love to play with the technology, and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level.

Brad Feld

LoveTechnologyDeepPlayDesire

When popularity is your only goal, doing well in class is going to feature very low, if at all, on your priority list.

Arabella Weir

DoingGoalClassPopularityGoing

So after being with somebody for any number of days like that, you can't help but feel for them. You can't help them, but you certainly can root for them.

Wink Martindale

FeelHelpYouDaysBeingLike

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