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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Every filmmaker has this short book of films that don't get made - for a whole host of reasons.
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Like a lot of girls, even I have this dream of being in the movies, and like any actor, I need to grow.
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I usually look at things like that from an audience perspective first, then have a closer look at the specific character they're talking about me for.
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My dad is basically my best friend. I'm that dude's spitting image and couldn't be more proud of that. They just don't come any better than my dad.
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.
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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.
