"I think the sad fact is, there's a long history in this country at looking at African-American as subhuman. And I think that's reflected in the fact that, when we have problems that really are problems of employment, that are really problems of mental health, that are really problems of drugs, our answer is the police."

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Ta-Nehisi Coates

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes

“As they embrace, she kisses him full on the mouth. And suddenly sticks her tongue right in. She has done this before, often. Itâ€™s one of those drunken long shots which just might, at least theoretically, once in ten thousand tries, throw a relationship right out of its orbit and send it whizzing off on another. Do women ever stop trying? No. But, because they never stop, they learn to be good losers.”
“Through the experience of art, the powers of perception and transformation can be awakened, in both those who create it and those who re-perceive it.”
“Could a man's heart, his soul, perish and yet leave him walking and talking as if alive?”
“On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in.”
“If I didn't do well at Wimbledon maybe Chinese people will forget about me.”
“You can't get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That's the ultimate, really.”
“We don't have to miss each other, come over We don't have to fix each other, come over We don't have to say forever, come over You don't have to stay forever, come over”
“Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport.”

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