Colson Whitehead Quotes

I usually have two or three ideas floating around. When I have free time, the one I end up thinking most about is the one I end up pursuing.

Colson Whitehead

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TimeIdeasFreeThinkingEndThree

I never really feel old. Young 'til I die, minus some Internet-speak misunderstandings.

Andy Hurley

FeelDieYoungNeverOldSome

I've always loved reading manifestos. Collectively, they represent a triumph of style.

Amor Towles

StyleReadingLovedTriumphAlways

I can't stand the idea of being demagogued: that is, put down by a president who has never created any jobs and who doesn't even understand how the economy works.

Steve Wynn

StandDownUnderstandNeverEconomy

We just wrote songs that seemed good to us. We wrote the album in like two weeks. We could have had more time, but we accomplished what we needed to in the two weeks.

Travis Barker

GoodTimeMoreTwoUsJust

Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.

Robert Bresson

YouNeverWithoutSeenBeenVisible

By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we paying for them on the installment plan. We paid $5 down and $1 a month after that.

Rose Schneiderman

PlanWeekDownWorking HardHard

No one country has a team that hold a monopoly on the league like Maccabi does in Israel.

Michael Kennedy

TeamCountryMonopolyHoldIsrael

I did a movie 'I Love You, Man' and it got great reviews; it was very enjoyable.

Lou Ferrigno

LoveI Love YouGreatManYouGot

We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting.

David Zucker

MeNowDifficultRightDirector

It is a fact that the Left routinely resists, then as now: Americans fought and died in Vietnam for freedom, just as they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Whatever mistakes generals and policymakers have made along the way cannot detract from that essential truth - which should be a part of any reliable history.

Arthur L. Herman

TodayTruthFreedomHistoryMistakes

Cave divers, of course, deal with an elevated level of risk, and the most that I can say here is that we tend to conduct our work at the bottom of a deep cave on an extremely conservative basis with heavy levels of backup equipment and a policy to abort if any single person doesn't like the situation underwater at any time during the mission.

William Stone

WorkTimeDeepMissionSituation

To go somewhere where nobody knows you, and to keep your eyes open... That was a beautiful concept in terms of putting yourself in a place to be inspired.

Peter Lindbergh

BeautifulEyesYourselfYouPlace

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