Lena Waithe Quotes
I love a web series. But to me, it does the girl in Detroit a disservice who just watches television. It does a disservice to the girl on the south side of Chicago who doesn't go online.
Quotes to Explore
-
Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
-
We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will.
-
Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
-
I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
-
Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.
-
But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
-
I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
-
The worst affected from corruption is the common man.
-
I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
-
In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
-
If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
-
There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.' And actually I think that's very common, it's what a lot of people feel - that you have an obligation to life to be happy if you can.
-
Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
-
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
-
It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
-
I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
-
If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.
-
When my daughter wanted a toy and I had to check the price of it before buying it - that was one of the worst feelings.
-
If you do something wrong, it's going to be all over the place. Not only does that go for me, but anyone in here. You just really have to be aware of it.
-
I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college
-
I think every player should be allowed to stay or leave a club.
-
Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.
-
It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
-
I love a web series. But to me, it does the girl in Detroit a disservice who just watches television. It does a disservice to the girl on the south side of Chicago who doesn't go online.
