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Our latest collection of Ta-Nehisi Coates quotes on Everyday Power. Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates is an American author, journalist and writer. He is best known for his writing in The Atlantic , and for his book Between the World and Me,  which covers the contemporary issues facing the black community. He is also the author of The Beautiful Struggle and We Were Eight Years in Power. Coates’ articles regarding such topics as cultural, social and political issues, have been featured in publications like Time , The Washington Post , and The New York Times . His works focus on important issues in American society such as racial identity, urban policing, and racial bias. Born in Baltimore in 1975, Coates developed a love for books from an early age. He attended high school in Baltimore and then enrolled at Howard University to study journalism but left before completing his degree. Coates has won the Kirkus Prize as well as a MacArthur Fellowship. Besides, his book (Between the World and Me) was

No matter where you go, or how careful you try to be with your words and actions, there will always be someone who will judge you and what you do. How can you tell the difference between a hater and someone who has genuine constructive criticism for you? Remember, not everyone will agree with us. We’re all entitled to our own opinions. But some of us are just worse at expressing ourselves than others. “The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” – Norman Vincent Peale We need constructive criticism to get out of our comfort zones. However, it’s not the easiest to handle. It’s going to help us toughen up and move on from situations we never thought we’d get through. Some critiques are meant to be ignored, while others need to be put into action. Now, imagine how soft, helpless, and vulnerable we’d be if we just kept settling for sugar-coated advice and half-hearted criticism. Constructive Criticism vs. Hater Defined as “ the act of e

You may agree or disagree with these Richard Dawkins quotes when it comes to religion, but let us know in the comments if any of these quotes stand out to you. Scientist and author, Richard Dawkins is well-known for his atheist beliefs and criticism of creationist religions. Richard Dawkins is a British ethologist, a scientist who studies animal behaviors. He earned his degree in zoology from Oxford University and began his early career as a professor’s assistant there before moving to the University of California, Berkeley in 1967. He is most well-known for his first book, published in 1976,  The Selfish Gene , where he describes how natural selection takes place at a genetic level. In the same book, he also coined the term, “meme”, to refer to a cultural gene – something popular that gets passed around. The word meme has since become part of everyday language, now usually referring to a popular post on the internet. Don’t forget to also check out these Charles Darwin quotes to build