Chad Hugo Quotes
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I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.
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When in life do you get a black and white printout that says this is what you should do? It just doesn't happen.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy & Me.'
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good.
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To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world.
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Jack Black is so funny! On and off screen, like, he would make you laugh every day. He's hilarious.
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There's always been that theory that if a candidate can't run a decent campaign, he probably can't run a decent presidency. That might be true, although sadly I must admit that running a brilliant campaign does not translate into running a brilliant White House.
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I learned early that I had to work harder than the white kids and harder than the boys.
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The reason I collaborate with Louis Vuitton is that Louis Vuitton is number one in the world, and I am honored to work with them.
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When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.
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I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.
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You can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.
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It's not like I just have to go to Washington and go to the White House everyday, and go to the same press conference at 10 in the morning and then be briefed at 4 in the afternoon, and then get a story on at 6.
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I spent seven months in Africa and came back saying there isn't anything you can say about black people that you couldn't say about, say, pink people except that they're black.
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If I was the Jackie Robinson of golf, I sure didn't do a very good job of it. Jackie was followed by hundreds of great black ballplayers who have transformed their sport... But there are hardly any black kids coming up through the ranks of golf today.
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Being a role model is cool and a great honor. I'm grateful to be considered one and will live up to that title by encouraging kids to eat their Wheaties and brush their teeth often.
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I love Oprah to death.
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Did I become court composer through masterful procrastination? Hardly!
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I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.
