Rumaan Alam Blackness, any sort of difference, is not a burden. Relegating blackness or other sorts of difference to serious books that explicitly engage with issues creates a context in which it can seem like one. – Rumaan Alam Blackness Quotes Books Quotes Burden Quotes Context Quotes Creates Quotes Difference Quotes Engage Quotes Explicitly Quotes Issues Quotes Relegating Quotes Sort Quotes Sorts Quotes When you are young, it’s deeply annoying to be told that certain things are a condition of your youth. There’s almost always some condescension in the proposition that your reality, your hopes, your frustrations, are just a condition of your age, that what feels unique to you is a very common thing after all. It’s not that a literature for children of color doesn’t exist; it’s that so much of the extant literature is lacking in the essential quality that makes literature for children so extraordinary a form: imagination.
Rostam Batmanglij I like that I can write my name in Persian, and it’s a small unit, like a graphical unit. I feel the same way about my name in English, it’s a graphical unit. – Rostam Batmanglij
Scott Adams I don’t get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, ‘If I do this, I’m going to look like an idiot if it doesn’t work out.’ – Scott Adams
Bob Iger We’re delighted to be working with Apple to offer fans a new and innovative way to experience our wildly popular shows. – Bob Iger
John Bishop Everyone at Liverpool is committed to the club and working as hard as possible. – John Bishop
Drew Bledsoe When you look at facing retirement in your mid-30s, and all of a sudden the outlet for that passion and work ethic goes away, you can’t just sit back in a rocking chair and be retired at 35. I’m not a good enough golfer to play golf every day. – Drew Bledsoe
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