Luvvie Ajayi Quotes

A book is not a short-term project. It's essentially your baby, so it takes a lot of work.

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• Good friends are often our lifelines. Mine have seen me through heartbreak, through the deaths of loved ones, and through that phase in college when I was obsessed with denim jumpsuits and matching fingerless gloves.

  

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• I need to sleep more. The 'sleep when I die' mantra is not cute.

  

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• Fire Yourself. Outsource some of your life. Because you know what won't be cute on a tombstone? 'Her grind was impeccable, and she did it all by herself.'

  

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• When people say things like, 'Oh, I can't find black or brown whatever position it is,' I wanted to be clear that we exist in droves. When I tell people, 'Hey, share your work, share your LinkedIn,' it's with the ultimate goal that somebody on that thread gets hired, or something positive happens.

  

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• I want to create a TV show that people will watch and say, 'Hey, I have a favorite character,' or 'Hey, that person reminds me of myself,' or 'Hey, I've made some of those same mistakes, or those are some of the things I've dealt with.'

  

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• If a brand will shy away from you because you dare to say that black lives matter, that's probably not a brand you want to work with anyway.

  

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• I've reached the point where people text me randomly for favors, like, 'Hey can I pick your brain?' People I haven't talked to in years are asking for favors. It's like, 'Wow people really got some nerve.'

  

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• In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.

  

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• I am not the best. I don't have to be. I am enough.

  

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• Putting out a book is absolutely a lesson in vulnerability because it doesn't matter how much of an audience you have. Some people who have giant audiences can't sell books because those audiences don't feel like they need to give them their money.

  

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• Shoes are my love language, and women love shoes.

  

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• I am of the bridge generation that remembers life before social media permeated everything but cannot imagine life without it now.

  

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• You can't just set the vision, take a nap, and not keep working on making your vision happen. Your intention has to be backed by work.

  

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• Avoidance has never been a great tactic in solving any problem. For most situations in life, not addressing what's going on only makes matters worse.

  

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• I think that if everybody committed themselves to making a better world than how we found it, things would be much better than what they are.

  

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• People are prospering from being unapologetically offensive, trite, and stupid. And we are tweeting ourselves into high blood pressure and ulcers trying to tell them to do better... Being a pompous nut biscuit is now a publicity strategy, and I don't know what we can do to end the madness.

  

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• Doubt has purpose sometimes. If we don't think our work is good enough, we strive to do better and be better. Which then makes us better because practice does just that.

  

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• It took me a while to affirm the fact that I'm actually a really good writer. I couldn't even call myself a writer with a straight face because I didn't take my gift seriously.

  

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• Sticking with your craft goes a long way in ensuring that you'll be successful.

  

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• As a freelancer, as a writer, and running my company, people have always tried to negotiate me down. Some might think that I might accept their offers because they think I don't have many options. The truth is, I always have options available to me.

  

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• That's one thing brands are understanding is, I'm the blogger who's not writing about fashion. I'm not writing about beauty. I'm not writing about gossip. I'm not writing about politics. I'm writing about all of that. I'm the person they can come to if they just want to reach people who care and have their fingers on pop culture.

  

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• People need to seek out some diversity in their life. One of my friends is a pig farmer in Michigan, and even she has black friends. She's in the middle of nowhere - the closest airport is, like, three hours away - and she manages to connect with black people.

  

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• What I sacrificed as I pursued my dreams was my comfort, not the lives of other people who looked to me to stay afloat. That alone freed me to take more risks, which did pay off in dividends. Having a safety net is an asset that most people do not have.

  

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• A book is not a short-term project. It's essentially your baby, so it takes a lot of work.

  

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