Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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We're told that you can have a relationship with Jesus, but most Christians don't experience Jesus personally like that. They just don't. We honor Him. We respect Him. We worship Him. We don't experience Him and His personality like we do the people we love the most in our lives.

John Eldredge

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People are in a hurry. They don't want to look at a long list of ingredients. Cooking is terribly hard work.

Ruth Glick

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My very first job was something called 'Nobody's Watching,' that Bill Lawrence who created 'Scrubs,' it was his pilot. It was my very first TV job, and it was a sitcom. Ever since that experience, I've been so itching to get back to that kind of environment and just to be involved with comedy.

Mircea Monroe

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As far as friendships go, things change even without the fame. People start moving on. I have a few friends that are married and are starting to have kids and I'm like, 'Oh my goodness gracious - that's so insane.' I also have friends who are just doing their own thing, which is cool.

Jordin Sparks

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I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.

Dido Armstrong

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I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good.

Chen Guangcheng

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I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented.

Coretta Scott King

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I think the older you get, the more you know about life, and the more you learn about yourself and you become comfortable in your own skin. So the older I'm getting, the more fun I'm having.

Colbie Caillat

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I'm like that person who hates going to magic shows - and I love magic, I love wizards - but going to a show where there is any possibility of audience participation is a nightmare for me.

Aubrey Plaza

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Acting is just a part of my life, and I like to lead life on my terms.

Allu Arjun

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I wear anything I feel like. If I want to put on a pair of Converse with a pencil stuck through them, I will.

Willow Smith

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Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Plautus

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