Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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I always think of albums as the format. I think it's perfect. I don't think you can tamper with that. It's not just sound, the analog, which is so much richer. It's the format. You're constrained by just 45 minutes, and it's perfect to me. I don't want to listen to any more than, and I live and breathe music.

Jim James

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Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

Jeremy Bentham

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The NHS is a national organisation, but it is best delivered locally.

Andrew Lansley

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The United States did not act in Iraq in 1988 when gas was being used on the Kurds or when gas was used in the Iranian-Iraq War.

Jeff Duncan

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My Hindi is OK. I think I am better with Tamil. I remember the Tamil words.

Amy Jackson

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It's too hard for me to comment on the sorry state of our culture.

Trevor Dunn

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It's easy to say you're more mature because all of a sudden you have a child, but it's a process.

Tony Romo

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I don't know much about Britain. I've been working overseas for most of my adult life. So I'd like to see what sort of problems there really are here. It's a question of asking, 'Where are we going, how purposeful are we?' And see if there's anything that can be done to find possibilities for change.

Rory Stewart

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It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now.

Mickey Gilley

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In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did not run for a second term.

Juan Williams

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And then after a while he got me a job at the video store next door. I used to lock up the store and go next door and hang out all the time and watch movies and stuff.

Jason Mewes

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My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me.

Don Lemon

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