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“Everybody just gets on my nerves after like, 10 minutes, you know.”

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Mat Johnson, born in August 1970, is an American writer whose works span across novels, essays, and criticism. He is known for his unique narrative style and profound exploration of issues such as race, identity, and gender. more

“An interesting difference between African-American humor and Jewish humor, in it's kind of basic or maybe most austere type form is, African-American humor, some of it comes out of playing the dozens in which you insult the other person or insult the other person's mother, and so much of Jewish humor is like, you're insulting yourself. It's totally self-deprecating.”

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Author:Terry Gross

“One of my younger homies, he went to jail, and some people came to me and were like, "Bail him out," and I said no. Why would I bail him out? He's going to prison. Let him sit and get some time served. You want to be crazy, but you don't want to go to jail. You want to shoot people, but you don't want to kill people. That's such a misleading thing.”

People Want Said Crazy Prison Jail Mislead Being Crazy Bail Homies

Author:Vince Staples

“Sometimes slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.”

Sometimes Justice Effort Steady Thunderbolts

Author:Barack Obama

“Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination.”

Ifs Care Tough Discrimination Upbringing Nobody Cares

Author:Barack Obama

“I haven't always wanted to be an actor, no. I wasn't one of the little kids that was desperate to be an actor. I did a lot of drama and a lot of music, but it was just something for fun on the side. I was quite shy as a kid and I found a lot of freedom in performing. I never knew you could do it as a job.”

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Author:Gemma Chan

“If you find something you are passionate about, you've got to try. Even if something doesn't quite work out, disappointment is a temporary thing. Regret lasts forever.”

Ifs Trying Lasts Forever Regret Passionate Disappointment Work Out Temporary

Author:Gemma Chan

“At one point I wanted to work for NASA and be an astrophysicist, so I did physics, math, and chemistry before realizing I probably wasn't quite smart enough to do that. But I am still hugely interested in cosmology and astrophysics. That is my geeky subject area.”

Stills Enough Wanted Realizing Subjects Smart Areas Math Physics Chemistry Cosmology Nasa Astrophysics

Author:Gemma Chan

“There's some pretty good academic research that suggest that what Americans don't like is losing.”

Losing Research Academic Academic Research

Author:Peter Bergen

“Why should Americans care about the Nazi back story in World War II? If you don't have the Nazi back story in World War II, World War II is simply not comprehensible.”

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Author:Peter Bergen

“If you don't understand what al Qaeda was trying to do on 9/11, if you don't have a sense of who Osama bin Laden is as a person, if you don't have a sense of what al Qaeda, the organization, was on 9/11, 9/11 appears to be more or less inexplicable.”

Ifs Trying Persons Organization Als Bin Laden Al Qaeda Osama Bin Laden Inexplicable

Author:Peter Bergen

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