Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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I suppose I'm going on stage and making jokes about the fact that the audience are expecting the show to be about something and that they might learn something.

Andrew Lawrence

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During the tour of 'Circulations,' we spent a lot of time in Canadian Chinatowns. I was fascinated by the idea that you can cross the road and enter this dream world, this vision of China.

Robert Lepage

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This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi.

Amiri Baraka

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For me to work with someone, I have to know who I'm working with so I can learn how to deal with each other and try to help each other. At the end of the day, it really just comes down to building a genuine relationship. I think that's a very important factor in business.

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I'm not one of those true writers who can't bear not to be writing. Yet it's one of the most important things in my life.

Robyn Davidson

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There are schools teaching 'stage decoration' as a subject, and they actually call it that. I say: 'Burn those schools!'

Robert Wilson

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Whether full-time missionaries or members, we should all be good examples of the believers in Jesus Christ.

Russell M. Nelson

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History is full of times when the inevitable front-runner is inevitable right up until he or she is no longer inevitable.

Martin O'Malley

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Most important for the circadian field was the pioneering work of Ron Konopka in Seymour's lab.

Michael Rosbash

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Peter was sick of being a pop star, the guitar god, and so he decided to teach himself other instruments. Among the instruments that he picked up was the mandolin.

Michael Stipe

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The last thing I want is for people to say that the music is nice. It's not nice. It sounds good, but it's got grit, and it's got edge. It never veers into sweet.

Lukas Forchhammer

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I'm so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It's so bizarre to me... I do have those qualities, and I just don't think there's anything wrong with them.

Winona Ryder

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