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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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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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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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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I actually often write about writing music and being in that zone.
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Not explicitly, no. Compared to this enormous, relentless evolutionary activity in the built environment, writing is small potatoes.
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When I was a kid, I did dial the 900 numbers out of curiosity, but I was such a goodie-two-shoes that I immediately hung up because I didn't want it showing up on the bill.
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I use the Internet a lot. I don't necessarily constantly communicate with my fans or whatever, but it would be hard to distance myself. I just couldn't do it. It's like not having a phone.
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Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from an urban life to nothing in the countryside - with a new father and new life.
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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.
