About Quotes
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There's no unifying brand about me other than I'm a writer who shares my thoughts. Sometimes my thoughts are designed to help people, and other times, my thoughts are designed to change the political system and challenge those who need a good fight.
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It's like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you're all excited, 'My God, how did I ever get here?' Then, about six months later, you say, 'How the hell did the rest of them get here?'
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I think everybody's book is about somebody's daughter, in a lot of ways. I dig that.
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The thing about coming back to the Bay Area, it's like coming home for me.
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How I go about my work is I like to stay consistent. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and I have a really good program, and I like to stick to it.
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The greatness of being an artist is the kind of ridiculous guffaw you can have at one's own misery. 'That was miserable! Now how can I write about it?'
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I was a fat kid. I can laugh now. But I got teased about being an Oompa Loompa and stuff like that.
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I will continue to be open in my music and in interviews and keep those conversations going about the issues we face as an LGBT+ community until those conversations no longer need to be had.
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When you get things wrong in life, it is important to talk about them.
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In the process of writing '13,' friends were asking if I was OK because I was saying things about religion or about intervening in other countries militarily that I wouldn't normally spout over dinner. In the moment of writing the play, I genuinely changed what I thought.
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I just want to help people become winners. That's what I'm about. I'm about winning.
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I do believe that if we have information about your emotional experiences, we can help you be in a more positive mood and influence your wellness.
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For whatever reason we were obviously in some foul trouble. I don't want to talk about the fouls anymore.
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'Crocodile Dundee' is about people; it's 10 seconds about crocodiles.
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No diss to any of my homies, but I pay very close attention to what people say about me.
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And that's all I've got to say about that.
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With my representation of a black woman in the world today, there's such a powerful response from my community about what it means to have black representation on television. That response is so overwhelming and so strong that I just have to express my own gratitude for it, because I understand the necessity for it.
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A big part of directing animation is deciding what you really want to do and making sure it's about something. My favorite thing about animation is the storytelling. You can really dig into the story and spend time with the writers. The writers don't just write and leave.
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Even though 'Glee' is sometimes a hard road, I am very excited about writing a multi-year arc.
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The only tweets I feel bad about are the fat-chick ones.
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Bad thing about playing at Alabama? I really didn't have any bad moments.
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One thing about me is that I don't like being told I can't do something.
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Remember, don't let the pressures of doing business get in the way of what doing business is truly about: building relationships with people.
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It's not about how to get started; it's about how to get noticed.
