Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

I get really, really concerned when I see somebody, taking $600,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs, will not release what they're actually saying. That's concerning.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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In the media, I always seemed to come across as someone who was poking fun at the Scots and their football. I guess the Scottish public needed someone to blame for their international defeats, and I fitted the bill perfectly.

Jimmy Hill

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I tried writing this book about a singer in a wedding band, but realized I only wanted to write the book so I could have an excuse to sing with a wedding band as research. That's not a good enough reason to write a book.

Megan McCafferty

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It wasn't until high school that I realized Avenged Sevenfold was picking up locally.

Johnny Christ

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I liked working in a series, going to work every day and not having to leave town for long locations. I was producing them and building an audience.

Robert Wagner

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I've always believed in the old-fashioned way: When you've got scoundrels in office, you vote 'em out.

Rush Limbaugh

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Every bit of our lives revolves around how we get from one place to another and how long it's going to take to get there and what time of day you have to leave to do it.

Donna Edwards

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I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet.

Pearl Cleage

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As much as I disagreed with every second of 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' the fact that it is out made me jump for joy.

Penn Jillette

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In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across the face but loving it. Now I have to be an adult and change myself. I have to be a bigger person.

Nikki Reed

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Of course, the idea of a six months' holiday is enough to make anyone laugh at anything, but I find that besides that I was a good deal harassed and run down, and I am glad to cut off from everything and start fresh. I feel miserably selfish about it all the time.

Richard Harding Davis

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There are good examples of companies - Coca-Cola is one - that invested before there was a huge market in countries, and I think that ended up playing out to their benefit for decades to come.

Mark Zuckerberg

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All anti-abortion protesters should be presented, on the spot, with an application to sign up as foster parents. They should also be given the names of children in their area in need of adoptive parents. And if they won't sign or volunteer, they should shut up.

Kurt Eichenwald

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