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Junot Diaz Quotes

In minority communities there's a sensitivity, often a knee-jerk reaction, to critical representations. There's a misunderstanding of what an artist does.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: December 31, 1968

Topics

Artist Misunderstanding Reaction Does

If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I don't think about it that much either. I talk about it because it's there, but it's not my totality.

Michael J. Fox

Words Me Think Thinking You Go

At 17, I signed a recording contract right out of high school, so I started touring and traveling the world. I sort of missed out on the college experience.

Tommy Lee

Experience School College World High

I believe in the vows that I took with my wife. Through sickness, in health, for richer or poorer.

Michael Schiavo

Health Wife Sickness Believe Through

I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.

Louise Brooks

People Gift You Knife Will Bore

I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.

Dick Cavett

Love My Own Own Stories Coincidences

A value is valuable when the value of value is valuable to oneself.

Dayananda Saraswati

Value Valuable Oneself

I was Catholic. You talk about a minority within a minority within a minority: a black Catholic in Savannah, GA.

Clarence Thomas

Black You Talk Minority Within

Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

Bob Uecker

Baseball Who Am I Without Where Who

I am more than my measurements. I'm not Ashley Graham just because I'm curvy.

Ashley Graham

I Am Just Because More Curvy Just

At times, maybe I'm too competitive for my own good.

Allison Janney

Good My Own Own Competitive Maybe

My mom is great and I make sure that we pray together before every race. She helps me put everything in perspective and remind me of the real reason I run.

Allyson Felix

Great Perspective Together Me Mom

I like common sense, to try and be the voice of reason at work.

Sean Hayes

Work Voice Common Sense Try Reason