Colson Whitehead Quotes

I don't generally follow sports. At an early age, I discovered that nature had apportioned me only a small reserve of enthusiasm. Best to ration.

Colson Whitehead

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Elvis Presley was the big bang. He was the most influential single figure in the history of American pop culture. He changed the way we looked, thought, dressed, held a guitar. He didn't invent rock & roll, but he defined it in a way that everyone who followed him owes him a debt.

Jimmy Iovine

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I think the riding uniform has always been so classic, with the britches and the blazers.

Jessica Springsteen

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I have to address the economic conditions of everybody, including, and perhaps first, those who are poor.

Rodrigo Duterte

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It is not OK for anyone to be obese. There needs to be a cultural shift.

Mick Cornett

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Three of the top six documentaries of all time, grossing, are made by me.

Michael Moore

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I grew up in the small town of Greenfield Center, New York, which is in the foothills of the Adirondacks not far from the city of Saratoga Springs. It is a place I love, close to the forests and the mountains.

Joseph Bruchac

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I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

Chen Shui-bian

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Fame overcomes everything.

Britt Ekland

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In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous.

Archie Shepp

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It's not lost on me that every single person who told their story about Harvey Weinstein talked about how they were silenced, how they were encouraged not to speak up, how they were embarrassed or ashamed to speak up.

Alicia Garza

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Eliminating some 3600 post offices - mostly rural - will save the USPS less than seven tenths of one percent of their operating budget, but nationally, a number of tribal communities will be hit.

Winona LaDuke

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My brother and I made a pact that every deal we do has to have a charitable component; otherwise, we don't do it.

Scooter Braun

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