Lena Waithe Quotes
For me, it's about making art that's not good but phenomenal. James Baldwin didn't want to just stay above the fray. Prince didn't think, 'I wonder what the industry is gonna think about 'Purple Rain.'' It's just, is this honest? Is this real? Does this move me? The rest is icing.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.
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I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I was the ugly duckling until I reached puberty.
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The combination of the CGI, 3-D, and sound effects, it's just impossible to separate them. It gives you a more immersive experience, and I prefer that.
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Ultimately love is everything.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.
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I was so obsessed with film and actors that I wasn't a very good student. I was always in trouble, but my father would always take us to the movies.
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I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.
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I'm from a really small town, and everybody there drives trucks. They're all farmers.
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For me, it's about making art that's not good but phenomenal. James Baldwin didn't want to just stay above the fray. Prince didn't think, 'I wonder what the industry is gonna think about 'Purple Rain.'' It's just, is this honest? Is this real? Does this move me? The rest is icing.
