Amandla Stenberg Quotes
I hope people online understand that the celebrity culture we've created is not really real. So when they're speaking to and about me, I'm a person, so I'm going to make mistakes. It's inevitable because I'm human.
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I believe that entrepreneurs play an unmatched role and the accelerating pace of innovation is transforming the face of global challenges. You must think about the solution differently when you're trying to impact 1 billion people rather than affecting 1 million people.
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More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.
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And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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I like a walking culture; I need to be in a city where you can walk everywhere.
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I want to take on, and that is letting people know that they're O.K., too.
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African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the black culture, the African-American television viewing audience, but there are just as many facets of us as there are other cultures.
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The reason our games generate so much revenue is because we're stupid enough to charge $60 for a box or $50 for a download or something. You need used games because most people can't afford those prices.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them.
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Canada was my whole world and my whole reality, and now I meet people who've never been there, and it's like, 'You've never been to my whole world?'
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There's that stigma about New Yorkers, how they're so mean, but in my experience it was quite the opposite. People were very genuine and very nice, even on the subway.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.
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Great songs come out of people's bedrooms; they come out of studios; there's no formula for it.
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It is important not to trust people too much.
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The hardest part was convincing people that I was serious. The people were like 'you want to do this again'?
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America's relationship with Haiti has always been very complicated. I often say to people, "Before we came to America, America came to us in the form of the American occupation from 1915 to 1934."
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I am tired. My arm aches. My head boils. My feet are cold. But I am not aware of any weakness.
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I have girlfriends in this business who talk about their personal lives, and it works for them, and I love it. But not for me.
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I hope people online understand that the celebrity culture we've created is not really real. So when they're speaking to and about me, I'm a person, so I'm going to make mistakes. It's inevitable because I'm human.
