Colson Whitehead Quotes

Access to information, to music or any kind of culture, is getting faster and faster and more streamlined. At each juncture, people are thrown into tumult and have to adapt or die.

Colson Whitehead

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MusicCulturePeopleDieInformation

As a boy in school, I already had the drive to be No. 1. If I achieve my goals, OK, but if not, I always ask why and try to rectify myself.

John Gokongwei

GoalsMyselfSchoolDriveAchieve

Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.

Andrew Weil

FoodPeopleKitchenBackFastTrend

Unfortunately, hardworking, academically gifted young people are kind of lazy when it comes to determining direction.

Andrew Yang

PeopleDirectionYoungLazyKind

So far, everything I've worked on has been deeply connected to reality. I'm not constitutionally opposed to working on something completely fictional, either. It just happens that a lot of these stories have crossed my path in a way that makes them intriguing, but I'm up for anything that's intellectually engaging.

Andrew Jarecki

PathRealityConnectedWayAnything

There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works. One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.

Stewart Brand

HumanityMoreEveryoneGoingSoon

Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.

Miguel de Unamuno

VisionYouNeighborTrueHimOwn

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.

Miyamoto Musashi

LearningTodayMenYourselfTomorrow

My iPhone stays on. All my friends and family know that I hate the phone, so no one calls me on it. I just use it to play Words With Friends and take pictures of cute shoes.

Jasika Nicole

FamilyShoesCuteHateWordsMe

When I cast someone in a movie, I have to absolutely trust who they are as a human being. Trust is the intangible of moviemaking.

Derek Cianfrance

TrustSomeoneHumanHuman BeingCast

I think happiness is a choice. If you feel yourself being happy and can settle in to the life choices you make, then it's great. It's really, really great. I swear to God, happiness is the best makeup.

Drew Barrymore

LifeHappinessGodGreatBestHappy

I enjoy working on a movie that lets your imagination run wild, it's great to be a part of and watch.

Chris Hemsworth

GreatImaginationEnjoyRunWild

I had written for Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman in the past. Jimmy had a different voice, and different priorities. He couldn't be the bad guy in the joke; he couldn't upset people, really.

Anthony Jeselnik

PastPeopleVoicePrioritiesBad

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