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Lena Waithe Quotes

Being a black person in America is exhausting.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: May 17, 1984

Topics

Black America Person Being

After being in a studio, working on games stuff, I'm like, 'Oh my God, I wish I could just sit in my room for a week and listen to music and draw by myself.'

Music God Myself Wish Week Games

Imagine a country where the vast majority of seniors live in poverty, a country where for many there are no golden years, but a time of struggle and dependence. That was the United States before the creation of Social Security, which has proven to be one of the most effective and important government programs in our history.

Live History Time Struggle Poverty

When I was younger, I used to try to fit in, but now I'm much more comfortable with just being myself.

Andrea Riseborough

Myself Being Myself Comfortable Try

I just got fed up with the Protestantism that I'd been brought up with being rubbed out, disregarded. There's an awful lot of frailty and doubt about it, which I understand and share, but there are certain things you just have to acknowledge.

Doubt You Understand Out Up Share

You begin to see that all of these things are connected: The kind of cuts that mean less environmental protection are also the kind of cuts that mean less musical education for the schools and that also mean more overcrowded schools.

Education Environmental You Kind See

Since the end of the Cold War, America has been grasping left and right for an identity.

War Identity Cold End America Right

Between 2009 and 2011, more than one in eight Milwaukee renters were displaced involuntarily, whether by formal or informal eviction, landlord foreclosure, or building condemnation.

Matthew Desmond

Building More Landlord Between Eight

I told you I'm the best in the world.

I learn from Kevin Spacey and Tom Hardy, watching these guys work, the things they all do differently. Tom never stops exploring and discovering, take after take. His mind never turns off.

Work Mind Learn Never Watching Take

I feel like life is really short, and it's important to enjoy yourself and embrace whatever comes your way, whether it's a challenging day or a great day, just welcome it with open arms. No matter who you are, you can't escape challenges; they are part of life.

Life Great Day Yourself Welcome You

It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.

Time Man Expression Valuable Most

I got in trouble in film school at USC because one of my Super-8 movies there, in the first semester, involved a snowmobile chase scene. I made an action scene, and they were like, 'That wasn't what you were supposed to be doing.'

School Action Doing You Trouble

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