Colson Whitehead Quotes

When I'm working on a book, I try to do eight pages a week. That seems like a good amount. Less than that, I'm not getting a nice momentum, and more than that, I'm probably putting out too much crap.

Colson Whitehead

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GoodBookMomentumWeekNiceTry

The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence.

John Galliano

WomenMenProblemHideKnowSay

I can assure the people of Mississippi that, as God is my witness, I strongly oppose the Blair-Holt Act and will fight harder than any human being alive to protect law-abiding Mississippians Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Angela McGlowan

GodFightPeopleI CanAliveWill

A song just doesn't have verse-chorus-verse. It could just be one line. There are Chinese love songs that you have to learn one melody for a three-minute thing, and nothing ever repeats. I like that.

Jeff Buckley

LoveSongLearnYouNothingLine

I would want THAAD outside in our backyard, if we could get the military to put one there, because I believe it will be a protection to my children and no danger to them.

Trent Franks

ChildrenBelieveWantWillI Believe

My two daughters live on Facebook, and social media is their mode of communication.

Tony Goldwyn

CommunicationLiveSocial MediaMedia

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.

Robert Benchley

FamilyThinkYouFrozenYearsUp

From my standpoint, we ought to be talking about... how do you make Wisconsin a more attractive place for risk-taking, business investment, business expansion.

Ron Johnson

BusinessTalkingYouPlaceMoreHow

When 'The Hummingbird's Daughter' came out, there was a certain backlash - 'Well, this isn't 'The Devil's Highway.'' That's just the way it goes.

Luis Alberto Urrea

DaughterDevilWayOutHighwayWell

As an actor you have one great fear: pimples!

Jonathan Brandis

FearGreatYouActorPimples

I think we all have light and dark inside us.

Sean Penn

LightThinkDarkInsideUsI Think

The way most doctors practice medicine right now isn't working.

Mark Hyman

PracticeMedicineNowWayRight

My talent isn't so much in traditional research as in finding really smart people and badgering them with questions.

Maria Semple

TalentSmartPeopleResearchFinding

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