Leslie Jones Quotes
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
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When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.
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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
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I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
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It's important for people of colour to have the opportunities to play characters that are as nuanced - as three-dimensional, as human - as the characters who we traditionally see getting to play the protagonist. The good guys and the bad guys. The reason that is important is because it's a better reflection of the reality of the world we live in.
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If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.
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I do feel bad when my films don't do well, but I respect audiences' verdict because they know well which films to support. If they don't like a film, we should accept it.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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You wouldn't expect a Christian character to be an Indie rocker guy.
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To adapt a play into a movie, you have to change it.
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Same-sex marriage is not the future.
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I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never even get to see on the screen anymore.
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The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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What should all men know about women? That we are always right and you should just agree.
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I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.
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I used to love to go to the movies - I'd see two in a row. A few times I even snuck into the second movie after it started... now that I think about it, that's kind of like shoplifting! Needless to say, I still love going to the movies, but I don't sneak in anymore.
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I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.
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In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it.
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We have a host of English teachers in the family. My mum is an English teacher, and so are my dad, my aunt and my uncle. I have grown up with family writing competitions, and I can't remember a birthday or Christmas present that didn't include books.
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It is important to know where you come from.
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I can't be intimidated by anyone wearing a housecoat.
