Lena Waithe Quotes
Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay black female is.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.
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I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.
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I don't think about fights that didn't happen.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them.
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I don't have time for easy. Tennis is just hard.
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I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
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I didn't really start appreciating Picasso until a few years back. I didn't like him at all. But now I can see this world is crazy.
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I want to see Black Lives Matter be able to ultimately reduce law enforcement funding.
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What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.
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We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks.
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I always think you have to show a degree of humanity and sensitivity when you're dealing with people in extreme circumstances.
Andrew Jarecki -
Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay black female is.
