Colson Whitehead Quotes

In the 1930s, the government paid writers to interview 80- and 90-year-old former slaves, and I read those accounts. I came away realizing - not surprisingly - that many slave masters were sadists who spent a lot of time thinking up creative ways of hurting people.

Colson Whitehead

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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water.

Jim Costa

TechnologyWaterQualitySmartMore

My role is to try to remove the impediments to entrepreneurs' chance to succeed. It's about improving the business climate to give people a better chance of succeeding.

Jerry Moran

BusinessPeopleSucceedBetterTry

Playing for the national team is always an honour. We must make the most of every opportunity.

Alvaro Morata

OpportunityTeamAlwaysPlayingMust

Every time I finish a book, I say to an imaginary god that I do not believe in, 'Please let me live to write another one.'

Siri Hustvedt

LiveGodTimeMeBookBelieve

The secular world looks to the church and to its chagrin, finds no love, no life, no laughter, no hope and no happiness.

Rod Parsley

LifeLoveHappinessHopeLaughter

Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles.

Rona Barrett

YouLos AngelesNeverEnemiesYour

I've been fat my whole life and pretended I don't mind. But I do mind. It's really stupid that I've gone on being greedy and fat.

Miriam Margolyes

LifeMindStupidFatGreedyGone

I'm always coming up with ideas that have been inspired by memories, everyday life and this and that and the other.

Lucinda Williams

LifeMemoriesIdeasEverydayAlways

I personally have no shame in saying I am extremely interested in fashion. I am not as interested in trends. I won't go on Style.com unless I'm looking for stuff to wear to an event, or there's a designer I am interested in.

Josephine de La Baume

I AmFashionLookingSayingGoWear

Working with amazing people, you continue to learn and develop yourself, as an actor and as a person.

Josh Hutcherson

YourselfPeopleAmazingLearnYou

There are emerging countries. I mean, there are countries, you know, China, India, and Brazil, and all of these countries that are emerging. They are building homes. They are building - so there is a new lifestyle.

Diane von Furstenberg

BuildingYouIndiaNewKnowMean

People want leaders. Not ideologues. Not people whose life experiences have been so narrow that they've been able to maintain the purity of their youthful ideals. Not people whose principal contact with political life comes in the form of speeches and sound bites rather than decisions and responsibilities.

Bret Stephens

LifePeopleDecisionsPoliticalWant

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