Lena Waithe Quotes
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In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories.
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The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.
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Our movements reveal a great deal about who we are. A record of our locations over time can reveal whether we go to tent revivals or radical political meetings, abortion clinics or AIDS doctors.
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Reminded of what a diet really is, I began eating more slowly, being more conscious of when I was full. I started to enjoy my buckwheat bread with goat cheese and pureed butternut-squash soup as a response to real hunger.
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I'm always surprised when actors say they don't like sex scenes. It's like a freebie. It's fun to make out with someone. So yes, thumbs up on that.
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The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret – that's really distasteful to me.
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I'm definitely capable of just enjoying riding my bike these days.
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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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The biggest things in life are not materials.
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I was a semiotics major at Brown, and there's this idea that stories are better, books are better, and movies are better if they cocked you off your axis and you were completely disoriented and you'd really have to rethink everything. Nobody has that experience, actually.
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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
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You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'
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When Wolf Blitzer wears a not-so-great tie, how much e-mail do you think he gets? My point is, for women, unfortunately, appearance is part of the job.
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I'm not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I'm a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day.
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I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.
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Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.
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If we knew exactly what animal life was like before the fall into sin and knew what nature was like before the law of entropy invaded it, we would already be living in heaven.
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It would be a matter of concern for government if intrusive data capture has been deployed against Indian citizens or government infrastructure.
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If mutual respect does derive from unilateral respect, it does so by opposition.
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People always ask me how I muster the strength to be so open about things, and I explain to them that I took the Myers-Briggs test, like, four times, and every single time, I ranked an 87 percent extrovert, so it would probably take more strength for me to shut up.
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And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb.
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We want people to listen to records, to a whole body of music. I want you to buy into my life, not just one subject in my life.
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Capricorns like to stay in one place. I have to go to work in places like New York, but basically, I don't want to go anywhere. One time, I got a trip around the world for doing something on television, and the travel agent was so excited, I gave her the tickets.
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Always maintain your composure.
