Colson Whitehead Quotes

The terror of figuring out a new genre, of telling a new story, is what makes the job exciting, keeps me from getting bored, and I assume it keeps whoever follows my work from getting bored as well.

Colson Whitehead

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Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing.

Jo Stafford

ArtConfusedSongwritingPerforming

If you love god, burn a church.

Jello Biafra

LoveGodChurchYouBurn

Yes, bad or mediocre ballets can be useful to the dancers and temporarily fun for the audience, but in the long run, the lowering of standards can only erode the art form we all love.

Robert Gottlieb

LoveArtFunLongBadRun

I just feel a connection with Marilyn Monroe. I just love her. I just completely feel what she went through.

Anna Nicole Smith

LoveFeelConnectionSheThrough

Money is not real. It is a conscious agreement on measuring value.

John Ralston Saul

MoneyValueRealAgreementConscious

If you do a serious presidential bio, you want to supply the reader with maximum material because otherwise you're offending the reader. A president for many people is a serious thing and they want to know everything.

Amity Shlaes

PeopleYouSeriousKnowWantSupply

I wear Chanel bronzer, maybe a little Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Oil-Free Broad Spectrum SPF 20, and some lip balm, but that's about it. One word to describe my makeup style would have to be 'easy.'

Sofia Richie

StyleMakeupEasyOne WordLittle

A crenelated wall of books encircles my bed, its tottering towers looming ever taller, always on the verge of collapsing onto oblivious sleepers.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

WallBedAlwaysBooksTowersEver

I had an amazing teacher, who was Burmese, and she was living in Paris at the time, and she is one of very few who doesn't actually receive a credit in the film because she still has family over there.

Michelle Yeoh

FamilyTeacherTimeAmazingCredit

If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.

Ludwig von Mises

HistoryPeaceGeographyRightSome

As bad as we are at remembering names and phone numbers and word-for-word instructions from our colleagues, we have really exceptional visual and spatial memories.

Joshua Foer

MemoriesColleaguesBadPhoneNames

I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name.

Jason Aldean

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