Colson Whitehead Quotes

I wanted to be one of these multidisciplinary critics who is doing music one day, TV the next, and books the next.

Colson Whitehead

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I like the mystery of seeing someone like Mickey Rourke do his thing. I don't know how he does it, but I'm glad he does it.

Jim Parrack

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Have I made mistakes? Yes, I have. And I admit those.

Robert J. Bentley

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No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

Aneurin Bevan

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'Ulysses' is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic.

Tom Paulin

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Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.

Russell Peters

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If I can raise more money for charities, or get more Canadian kids to play golf, the green jacket will mean even more.

Mike Weir

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Earlier in my life, I performed a lot of music. Some of it because I felt it was a demonstration, or a representation of certain intellectual concepts that were very exciting and important.

Michael Tilson Thomas

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When I write a film, there's a particular thing I am wrestling with and the question or concern I'm dealing with has to be big enough for me to dedicate a year or two of my life. If the question isn't big enough, or rich enough, I'll lose interest.

Josh Radnor

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When I go out shopping and pass a bookstore, I always grab a couple of cookbooks, so I have a library of them. I end up keeping many that I got years and years ago because they work so well.

Johnny Mathis

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I believe in status symbols.

Brooks Stevens

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I typically opt for a fade when I'm hitting into greens. It's just an easier shot to control.

Brooks Koepka

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Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

Arlen Specter

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