Top 73 Quotes by Ta-Nehisi Coates

About Ta-Nehisi Coates

These are some quotes by American author Ta-Nehisi Coates Journalist, who was born on September 30, 1975.

It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.

It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.

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I feel some need to represent where I'm from. But ultimately, I think my only real responsibility is to - as much as possible - interrogate my own truths. This is to say not merely writing what I think is true, but using the writing to turn that alleged truth over and over, to stress-test it, in the aim of producing something readable.

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'White America' is a syndicate arrayed to protect its exclusive power to dominate and control our bodies.

'White America' is a syndicate arrayed to protect its exclusive power to dominate and control our bodies.

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We've got in the habit of not really understanding how freedom was in the 19th century, the idea of government of the people in the 19th century. America commits itself to that in theory.

We've got in the habit of not really understanding how freedom was in the 19th century, the idea of government of the people in the 19th century. America commits itself to that in theory.

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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.

For me, my writing benefits from my experience.

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One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.

One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.

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If I wrote a Jewish superhero, he'd have awesome time-traveling powers. I'd call him Doctorow.

If I wrote a Jewish superhero, he'd have awesome time-traveling powers. I'd call him Doctorow.

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When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.

When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.

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I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.

I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.

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We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.

We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.

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