Lena Waithe Quotes
When people think of the South Side of Chicago, they don't think about where I'm from. It was sort of a pocket: this idyllic community of black people who took care of each other, knew each other, spent time with each other.Lena Waithe
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
W. S. Merwin -
Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.
Salman Rushdie -
Indonesia is hardly immune to catastrophic breakdowns, as the anti-Communist pogrom showed. But, like India, it has been relatively fortunate in evolving a mode of politics that can include many discontinuities - of class, region, ethnicity, and religion.
Pankaj Mishra -
Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
Ted Rall -
It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
T. C. Boyle -
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
Otto von Bismarck
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
Mao Zedong -
It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
Walker Stapleton -
I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
T. J. Miller -
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
Magnus Carlsen -
I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
Abby Wambach -
My biggest hobby is airsoft, which is similar to paintball. Essentially, it's military simulation, but the guns shoot plastic BBs. My friends and I go out in the woods or the desert and play all day long!
Nathan Kress
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I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.
Natalie Imbruglia -
I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
Rachel Sklar -
My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
Aaron Paul -
I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
Gary Hume -
I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, it's where they begin as children that is important to them.
Patricia MacLachlan -
That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
Victoria Pratt
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When I first came to India from Sri Lanka, people were surprised to see my toned arms. I had come right after the Miss Universe pageant.
Jacqueline Fernandez -
I don't know a single person who is not immersed in the digital universe. Even people who are strongly anti-technology are probably voicing that view on a Web site somewhere. Third-world villagers without electricity have cellphones.
George Dyson -
This is the first time in my experience that the governor's office has asked to have someone on the selection committee. But that reflects the administration's interest in state parks.
Chris Smith -
As footballers, you just grow up with people from different backgrounds and different colors of skin.
Gary Lineker -
Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by Disney.
John Lasseter -
When people think of the South Side of Chicago, they don't think about where I'm from. It was sort of a pocket: this idyllic community of black people who took care of each other, knew each other, spent time with each other.
Lena Waithe