- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone Quotes
On the someones who shape a moment.
This page includes praise for a steady presence who doesn't panic under pressure, and a note on a fictional character built to feel relatable even in impossible circumstances. For similar reflections, see Know.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was allowed to write about race using an elevator metaphor because of Toni Morrison and David Bradley and Ralph Ellison. Hopefully, me being weird allows someone who's 16 and wanting to write inspires them to have their own weird take on the world, and they can see the different kinds of African American voices being published.
- Mad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess maybe someone at 'Dexter' saw the 'Mad Men' stuff and thought, 'He can do this.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone feels afraid to tell you honest criticism, then you're never going to improve.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're a young man, and you're being coached by someone like Guy Lewis, you're going to become a better man.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am.
- Figuring
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like at 18, you're half of someone else, as opposed to all of yourself. You're still figuring yourself out.
- Rather
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd rather be someone that's underrated than overrated.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone like my father chooses to criticise Israeli policies, it's not because he is a self-hating Jew, but because he is not prepared to live in a state of self-denial.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020