Lena Waithe Quotes
I've never been a person that has had fear of, like, 'Oh, I don't want to be the poster child for all black lesbian women.' I don't know. I want to be someone in the public eye that they can be proud of.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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I like to spoof the original Gothic classics, so there is also good dose of comedy in the 'Parasol Protectorate' - giggling readers are good.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.
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I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about reading. I think I passed that on to my daughter, who went plowing through 'Harry Potter' and every other book possible!
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film – now that's a whole other world. The sheer grand scale of the way things are done over there makes me envious; it's just so different from the way things are done in Japan.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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I keep going to New York every year for 20 to 25 days. I love it there, but I can't imagine settling in any place other than India.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.
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What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak. It was born in the moment when we accumulated silent things within us.
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At the end of the day, there should be no judgment or body shaming on anyone.
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The great seats of power tend to be wide and open, not vertical and soaring. Red Square, Tiananmen Square, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin - all massive but with large open spaces that project an image of might.
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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
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I've never been a person that has had fear of, like, 'Oh, I don't want to be the poster child for all black lesbian women.' I don't know. I want to be someone in the public eye that they can be proud of.
