Lena Waithe Quotes
I've been obsessed with television since I was 7 years old, and I've always been writing on some level.
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Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don't use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.
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Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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I'm not cynical.
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
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The Qur'an, the universe, and humanity are three kinds of manifestations of one truth.
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There's a lot of distrust of the United States, and I certainly see that. But at the same time, everything that I've seen is that the U.S. is a genuine force for good in the world.
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Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age.
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At times, we need to stop and rethink everything. Our entire history is made up of people who were sure they knew the truth yet forgot that the truth has an annoying tendency to change on occasion without us noticing it.
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I've been obsessed with television since I was 7 years old, and I've always been writing on some level.
