Lena Waithe Quotes
I don't like beating people on the head with the message. I don't like standing on the soapbox.
Quotes to Explore
-
We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
-
I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
-
I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
-
It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often.
-
We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
-
I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
-
If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
-
There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
-
There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
-
Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
-
But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.
-
Life started getting good when I started making money.
-
I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
-
What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
-
I don't mind dating younger men now.
-
Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
-
I can live without bread, but I can't live without freedom.
-
My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
-
Only a dad with a tired face,Coming home from the daily race,Bringing little of gold or fameTo show how well he has played the game;But glad in his heart that his own rejoiceTo see him come and to hear his voice.
-
This idea that America is somehow on the verge of collapse, this vision of violence and chaos everywhere, doesn't really jibe with the experience of most people.
-
For that to happen with 4.9 seconds left, it's devastating.
-
I really love doing simple things. I'm surrounded by people all the time at work, so I want to have a normal life when I'm off duty: motherhood, food, and love!
-
I believe the only people that should be around a child and raising a child are people who absolutely, 100 percent love that child
-
I don't like beating people on the head with the message. I don't like standing on the soapbox.
