Lena Waithe Quotes

I got into the business because I love writing. When it came down to finding my voice, which every writer has to take time to do, I think I realized I write black people very well. I write us in a very honest way, and I want to hear the way we really talk.

Lena Waithe

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If you're an artist, and you put out a record - most artists only have one or two hit records - that has 100 million streams, on certain services you only get paid on 75% of those streams. How's an artist going to live like that?

Jimmy Iovine

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As actors, we have a philosophy, which is this: great fun. That has transmitted itself into the dwarf philosophy of life. We're up for a brawl, we're up for a bloody good feed, and if you've got food, well, we share what we've got, and so should you.

John Callen

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Naming a bridge after Dr. King was the right thing to do.

Jesse White

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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli.

Jerome Bruner

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For my web series 'Get Your Life,' I wrote that and produced it and starred in it so that I could have a body of work that represents my voice as a writer and as a performer.

Amanda Seales

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I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

Tracy Chapman

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I'm afraid they've left their legs at home.

Ron Atkinson

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I would never put any growl on my voice in concert - it's not the kind of music I sing.

Josh Groban

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Fashion is one of the most intellectually vacuous industries. We had to manufacture desires to get people to buy our products. We were selling people countless things that they didn't need.

Douglas Tompkins

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TED is certainly a gathering of an incredibly eclectic, incredibly interesting community, but it's also an elite community - at least an important portion comes from that global 1%.

Chrystia Freeland

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I've seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I started, they would always just fly in L.A. people to do the lead roles.

Brandon Jay McLaren

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