Colson Whitehead Quotes

I take inspiration from books, movies, television, music - it all goes in the hopper. Depending on the project, I'm drawing from this or that piece of art that has stayed with me. Toni Morrison, George Romero, Sonic Youth - they are all in there.

Colson Whitehead

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Madonna is an athlete; she has to be treated like a professional athlete. She doesn't work out for six hours a day, though, like some of the press says. She never works out for more than two hours a day, and then only when she has the time.

Tracy Anderson

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Until I was 27, I'd maybe been to America once and, like, Ibiza when I was 18. That was it.

Michelle Dockery

AmericaBeenLikeOnceMaybeUntil

When you're doing a pilot, you're doing it in this bubble that almost works against the creative impulse. You don't have time to get to know the actors first, and you have three writers, as opposed to a room full of writers.

Josh Gad

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I've long been interested in the tale-within-a-tale phenomenon. I'm familiar with many tales which use this framework or the device of many people in one place, telling their stories, or multiple storytellers commenting on each others' stories with their own.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

PeopleLongPlaceOthersOwnBeen

We live - on a spinning planet in a world of spin.

Christopher Buckley

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My advice is don't scrub your makeup off your eyes; be gentle.

Colbie Caillat

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Do you go to gym and exercise to music? Before Chubby Checker, that never happened.

Chubby Checker

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I know I express myself best singing love songs, and Jim Steinman gave me my rock style, which I have always wanted. I can express myself best putting a lot of emotion into singing rock songs.

Bonnie Tyler

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Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

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I don't see why anybody's playing chicken with the debt ceiling.

Austan Goolsbee

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When I was made CEO of Reynolds the first time, someone asked me what it was like to be a female CEO. But I said, 'I don't know what its like to be a male CEO, so I can't really answer that question.'

Susan Cameron

TimeMeSomeoneKnowSaidFirst

I have actually led more expeditions to Antarctica than Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton put together.

Paul Watson

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