Lena Waithe Quotes
There's a lot of Donald Glovers, Jordan Peeles, Justin Simiens. And there's a lot of me's, too.
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I think to a certain extent, Clinton may have expected as the senior president that Obama would've reached out to him and asked for his council; he's done that very little. So, I think the relationship has not been good over the years.
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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In China, the rules of the market are not always that transparent. So it's very hard. Also, the national TV networks are all owned by the government, so our shows are subject to censorship by the networks. Every now and then, we are told that certain subjects cannot be talked about. There are frustrations.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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The ruling in the Paula Jones case is so silly.
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Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
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I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
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I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
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It's a really natural thing: The people closest in your life are the people you want the first opinions from. At the end of the day, if you're not trying to impress those people first, then I think there's something wrong there.
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I used to be a Democrat, now I'm basically a Republican.
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A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than its aims.
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In the Middle East, we don't have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.
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My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.
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So much about religion has to do with rigid, sacrosanct preciousness. I don't live my life that way, and I don't feel that's what Baha'u'llah teaches.
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When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer.
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If you want the world to knowWe won't let hatred growPut a little love in your heart.
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The first kind of evil is that which is caused to man by the circumstance that he is subject to genesis and destruction, or that he possesses a body.
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A crowd of ordinary decent folk Watched from without and neither moved nor spoke As three pale figures were led forth and bound To three posts driven upright in the ground.
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If my mom came to the sets, we would speak to her in Tulu, and no one would understand. That's an advantage when you know any South Indian language.
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I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.
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I certainly don't think that it's the job of any journalist to make the presidency work.
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My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate with a character like Logan Cale. He's wearing glasses, he's in a wheelchair, he's a computer genius. He's very far away from who I am, but I really wanted to play roles where I'd be taken seriously.
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A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
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There's a lot of Donald Glovers, Jordan Peeles, Justin Simiens. And there's a lot of me's, too.
