Taiye Selasi Quotes

I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart.

Taiye Selasi

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HeartMindWriteOpenFictionClear

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me.

Jimmy Chamberlin

HomeMeYouGoWantRun

But the best teams I've encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cover a full range of distinct competencies necessary for success.

Jesse James Garrett

SuccessBestTeamImportantCommon

I kind of blew the doors off the myth that all heavy metalheads are Neanderthal and very limited in their ability to take on subject matter of any human depth.

Rob Halford

DoorsKindMatterHumanAbilityOff

You're always starting with a nugget of truth, whether it's a song or an improv scene.

Matt Besser

TruthSongYouStartingImprov

Are you trivialising the sisterhood if you dye your hair or have your eyebrows threaded? I'd say the answer to that is no. But equally, it's a perfectly valid feminist thing to say there is a certain amount of attention on a woman's appearance, and I don't wish that to be the focus or a distraction.

Louise Mensch

FocusWomanHairWishAttentionYou

I've always adored the filmmaker Sam Fuller. The first time I watched 'Shock Corridor' was such a magnificent discovery. I love his lack of subtlety, the way he tackles serious topics with bold and inappropriate humor.

Lisa Lutz

LoveTimeHumorDiscoveryBoldWay

The place I begin is with story. If the audience doesn't care about that, then it doesn't matter how amazing the spectacle is. My central philosophy is that people go to the movies to be told a story, not to see stuff blow up.

Jonathan Mostow

PeopleAmazingStoryCarePhilosophy

I have so many great memories of the Allman Brothers early days. It was an incredible time.

Dickey Betts

MemoriesGreatTimeEarlyDaysMany

I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life.

Claire Danes

LifeRealReal LifeTerribleWould

Defending human rights should be an important objective of foreign policy, and that, too, will sometimes be hard to reconcile with an economic agenda, especially when it comes to dealing with rich but repressive players like China and Russia.

Chrystia Freeland

RichImportantSometimesWillHard

I go to McDonald's every day. But I don't eat much.

Brandy Norwood

DayEvery DayMcDonaldGoEatMuch

I look at technology as a way for us to engage with and help our customers. If we don't do it, someone else is going to.

Bruce Broussard

TechnologySomeoneHelpLookWayUs

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