Lena Waithe Quotes
I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to move story along or as a way to make things more entertaining.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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I think a lot of people are with the one they're meant to be with. I see it watching my parents because they've been together for so long and are still very much in love. I'm just sort of in awe of that.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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Singing is a prayer to me.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.
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What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.
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I think when it comes to decisions, I try not to be emotional. To drown out the noise and look at the important facts.
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Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) has called for an audit of the Pentagon, so that we finally have some transparency and accountability in how DOD spends taxpayer dollars.
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I do tend to lose myself in whatever job I'm doing or hobby I'm into.
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I suppose that there might have been leading men who were put off from casting me as the ingenue because I was taller than they were, but I've no idea that this ever happened. When I did 'Much Ado About Nothing' opposite Mark Rylance in the West End, we used the difference in our heights as part of their relationship.
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I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to move story along or as a way to make things more entertaining.
