"You can live in the world of myth…" — Ta-Nehisi Coates

You can live in the world of myth and be taken seriously. - Ta-Nehisi Coates

"You can live in the world of myth and be taken seriously."

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

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14 Quotes by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates has 14 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others...
I did not know then that this is what life is - just when you master the geometry of one…
The Knowledge Rule 2080: From maggots to men, the world is a corner bully. Better you knuckle up and go…
What I am telling you is that you do not need to know to love, and it is right that…
Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.
An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present…
The essence of American racism is disrespect.
I am not asking you as a white person to see yourself as an enslaver. I'm asking you as an…
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of…
Barack Obama is the president of the United States of America. More specifically, Barack Obama is the president of a…
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a…
If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge.

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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