"Talking about New York is a way of…" — Colson Whitehead

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33 Quotes by Colson Whitehead

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We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.
As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some…
A monster is a person who has stopped pretending.
It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.
Pain could be killed. Sadness could not, but the drugs did shut its mouth for a time.
A society manufactures the heroes it requires.
Isn't it great when you're a kid and the world is full of anonymous things? Everything is bright and mysterious…
Best to let the broken glass be broken glass, let it splinter into smaller pieces and dust and scatter. Let…
Colored, Negro, Afro-American, African American. ... Every couple of years someone came up with something that got us an inch…
New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a…
In keeping with my family's affection for doomed product lines and hexed formats, we purchased a Betamax. The year before,…
It had been a humdrum couple of days, reaffirming his belief in reincarnation: everything was so boring that this could…

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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship. — Julian Assange
Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one… — Paul Auster
The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of… — Jose Maria Aznar
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
Research is creating new knowledge. — Neil Armstrong
I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely… — Neil Armstrong
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links in the evolutionary story is that when you… — David Attenborough
I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones,… — Margaret Atwood
Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an… — Kevyn Aucoin

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