Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

The casualties in the Civil War amount to more than all other wars - all other American wars combined. More people died in that war than World War II, World War I, Vietnam, etc. And that was a war for white supremacy. It was a war to erect a state in which the basis of it was the enslavement of black people.

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I think most co-directors and co-writers just hold hands.

Jim Rash

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Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

Jennifer Ellison

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A president cannot grow a long-term lack of trust in someone with whom they had full confidence the day before.

John Dickerson

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I love the blues, but I love a lot of music.

Anand Mahindra

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But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go.

Amy Grant

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When I was training for the Chicago Marathon, I would eat a cup of cereal after an 18-mile long run, and then I'd have to get out the door with nothing but a granola bar in my hand. I can't change my busy schedule with my kids, but I can work harder to improve in this area. I think it's a part of training that most of us find difficult.

Summer Sanders

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I want people to be transported by the hotel. I'm thinking, What is it that would make people be delighted and amazed?

Steve Wynn

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It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the congress has been in too many cases more than willing to walk away from its constitutional powers.

Robert Byrd

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I've actually met quite a few of my heroes from the past.

Mick Foley

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A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.

Josh Homme

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I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?

Christina Aguilera

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