Lena Waithe Quotes

I think, to me, I always want to tell the truth. I never want to sugarcoat things. I've never been accused of pulling punches.

Lena Waithe

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TruthMeThinkWantNeverTell

Howard University shocked me into realizing how desperately sick the Negro could be, how he could be led into self-destruction, and how he would not realize that it was the society that had forced him into a great sickness.

Amiri Baraka

GreatMeSocietySickSicknessHim

Artists, actors, people like that, they live in a very strange bubble of their own. They're mollycoddled; they're highly privileged.

Steve Wynn

LivePeopleBubbleStrangeOwnLike

Too much of our society looks for people to fail.

Roger Goodell

PeopleSocietyLooksToo MuchFail

Pinterest is offering consumers a way to discover things on the web, in a serendipitous way, with a beautiful user interface. So it's offering a whole new paradigm called 'discover' and allowing users to be creative.

Ron Conway

BeautifulCreativeNewWayParadigm

A simple ballet wrap sweater heats the back muscles but is easy to put on or take off without disturbing a dancer's makeup or hair before a performance or during a workout.

Mary Helen Bowers

SimpleHairPerformanceMakeupBack

I know how to stay focused on a mission.

Mike Pompeo

Stay FocusedMissionKnowFocused

I always have been an entertainer, whether it's been joking or performing for people. And I always thought I had a talent, because I could rap and I could sing, and I did write. And all the other kids were going to college, but I just felt like I had to do this first, and if it didn't work, then I would go to college.

Missy Elliott

WorkTalentPeopleCollegeThought

Every action we have is going to have repercussions in ways we could not anticipate.

Jay Asher

ActionGoingEveryWaysCould

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

Debbie Reynolds

MeRememberYearPlacePlayHard

I thought back to my middle-school experience of having slumber parties and watching Romeo + Juliet and staring at Leo and thinking about my first kiss and what I wanted it to be like. And when you have your first real love, it's an epiphany, you know? It's like a whole new world.

Bonnie McKee

LoveExperienceKissWorldThinking

Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities for actors and producers and directors and everything.

Anthony Michael Hall

OpportunitiesMoreProgrammingCable

Believe me, I've done my time travelling the world in cramped conditions and carrying my own luggage. Now my leisure is summers in the south of France or the Hamptons, walking in Connemara, and year-round shopping in Manhattan and Paris.

Anne Robinson

TimeMeShoppingWorldBelieveDone

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