Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

I don't know that white people need to be 'allies' so much as understand that any black struggle in America is ultimately a struggle for the large country. 'Ally' presumes a kind of distance that I am not sure exists.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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StruggleI AmPeopleBlackAmerica

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

John D. Rockefeller

FinanceMeYouKnowPleasureSee

As an owner, you have a choice. Do you want to adopt a vision that you think is real sharp and real cutting edge and could get you from good to great - has a chance - or do you want to just say the organization is not about that, and we're not going to try to adopt a new coaching philosophy and vision.

Jeffrey Lurie

GoodVisionGreatOrganizationThink

I must have been a very strange child. I was very pretentious. Like Adrian Mole.

Sue Townsend

ChildStrangeMustBeenPretentious

Frank Lloyd Wright made houses right up until the end. I think that's important because it gives you a direct connection to all the basic aspects of architecture - the spatial energy of the place, the construction, the materials, the site, the detail.

Steven Holl

ArchitectureDetailConstructionEnd

Email has the virtue - sounds like a bad thing, but it's the virtue of being the lowest common denominator messaging protocol. Everyone can have it. It can cross organizational boundaries. No one owns it. It's not some particular company's platform.

Stewart Butterfield

BadVirtueCompanyBoundariesEmail

It is a characteristic of potentates that they don't succumb to peaceful retirement. Instead, they hold power in their hoary fists as judgment and grip weaken, destroying any successors except family members.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

FamilyPowerRetirementPeaceful

Institutions need a lifetime to realize their potential.

Roshni Nadar

PotentialRealizeNeedLifetime

I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.

Mitski

MusicPeopleFeelMusiciansYou

In the bar and restaurant industry, you're always one idea away from your next quarter-million.

Jon Taffer

RestaurantYouAlwaysBarIndustry

I prefer dark chocolate. I like French over Belgian... Valrhona is the best.

Johnny Iuzzini

BestChocolateDarkOverLike

The most outrageous shoe that I had to do was a shoe where the person gave me stones - precious stones - and say that I could do anything with precious stones.

Christian Louboutin

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If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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