Justin Simien Quotes

It's called 'Dear White People,' but really, it's about these black characters and how they are involved or not involved in a racial scandal in ways that might surprise them and others, right?

Justin Simien

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When there were cases of Ebola in the States, I respected that people wanted to address concerns and take some sort of action, but the focus turned completely to the U.S. At one point, we started to wonder, Where is the Ebola epidemic happening? The States - or West Africa?

Joanne Liu

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For most of our young lives, my family was baffled by elementary school bake sales, to which we were told to bring in goodies to sell. While other kids arrived bearing brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and apple pies, Chinese families didn't bake.

Jennifer Lee

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For someone like me, music is all I've ever thought about - playing big shows, and then, when you take something that is based around your music and put it in a completely different medium, it's a really interesting and cool emotion to watch.

Andy Biersack

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My parents always made me dress up for church. I really didn't want to.

Amar'e Stoudemire

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We need to feminise history because we are 50 per cent of the population, and our story is just as interesting.

Amanda Foreman

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Me, myself, I was a part of gang bangin', you know what I'm sayin'?

Tone Loc

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The curious thing is that I embraced homosexuality with as much joy and delight as I've embraced everything else in my life.

Miriam Margolyes

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Seeing states like North Carolina enacting these bathroom bills that are banning transgender individuals from using the restrooms they identify as... it's complete discrimination.

Jazz Jennings

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The first time I met Mary Tyler Moore, I thought she was just beautiful, but I thought she was a little young.

Dick Van Dyke

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Many's the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn't get it. I learned the hard way.

Deirdre O'Kane

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I certainly wasn't the kind of kid that grew up collecting bugs and spiders.

Cheryl Hayashi

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When I was around 18, I got kicked out of my parents' house, and I wasn't allowed to take anything with me. I slept on YMCA towels for a whole semester in university before my father found out and bought me a mattress. I felt really free because I was finally living on my own, but I was also really depressed because I had nothing.

Antoni Porowski

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