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Colson Whitehead Quotes

I'm raising kids, and so much of American culture sustains me and gives me things to think about and work on.

Colson Whitehead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1969

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Work Culture Me Think American Kids

We have a strong agricultural heritage in Kansas.

Strong Heritage Kansas Agricultural

Perhaps, despite my objections, the success of films like: 'The Help,' 'Django,' 'The Butler,' or '12 Years a Slave,' will further persuade Hollywood to widen its view and edit its erroneous perception of what a commercial black film can look like.

Success Perception Black View Help

Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.

Time Long You Race Significant Who

Resume? I wish I had a resume. And if I did, I wouldn't scrub anything from it. Who cares?

Wish Resume I Wish Anything Cares

If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.

People Texas Political Result You

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Perseverance Success Mediocrity Lowly

We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research.

Research Congress Human Decide Here

There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself.

Compassion Yourself Me Understanding

It was never really part of my plan to be in films; it was really sort of a dream.

Plan Dream Never Part Sort Really

There has been so much recent talk of progress in the areas of curriculum innovation and textbook revision that few people outside the field of teaching understand how bad most of our elementary school materials still are.

Innovation Progress School People

By your thirties, you should be doing whatever it is you're supposed to be doing with your life and just get on with it - which is what I suppose happened with me as much as to anyone else.

Douglas Coupland

Life Me Doing You Whatever Get

You want to be with a girl who likes you for you. Just be yourself and forget all of the stuff you read in 'GQ' magazine.

Girl Yourself Be Yourself You Forget

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