Issa Rae Quotes

People are tired of mainstream media's limited and confined portrayal of people of color.

Issa Rae

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TiredPeopleColorMediaLimited

There's no such thing as a perfect guy. I think it would be strange if somebody was absolutely everything you always wanted, because then there'd be no challenge. Also, you'd feel inferior.

Jessica Alba

ChallengeThinkFeelYouPerfect

What I believe to be jazz is constructed and improvised music which is in the air right now. But I don't think that's most people's definition of jazz, you know? We don't know what we're talking about, because we don't know the definition.

John Lurie

MusicPeopleBelieveThinkTalking

When you get into a production, there are a lot of things you have to hit to make the show work - like my cues or a cue for another person or making sure you don't mess up the beat, and you can let all of that get in the way.

Matthew James Thomas

WorkYouPersonWayMessBeat

I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign language before the spoken word. I could see this intelligence in his eyes before he could speak: how he could understand what was going on around him and was frustrated by that.

Matt Reeves

FatherSonEyesIntelligenceAmazing

Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.

Trevor Dunn

CultureMarketingConsumerismDepth

I grew up playing guitar in the late Nineties, early 2000s, so a very acoustic-driven pop-rock era, and then in college, I started listening to Jason Isbell and Kacey Musgraves. Then I really fell in love when I discovered really old country, like June Carter Cash - one of my all-time favorites.

Trixie Mattel

LoveCollegeListeningGuitarEarly

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

Truman Capote

MeCareLongTrueAnybodySays

No trade will be made unless they want the thing more than they want their money.

Roy H. Williams

MoneyWantWillMoreTradeMade

When I went to college, I made my first mixtape, and Sean gave me three verses for it. That was a big reason anyone ever listened to my music. I definitely wouldn't be talking to you now if it wasn't for Big Sean.

Mike Posner

MusicCollegeMeTalkingYouThree

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

NatureCreativeEffortWorldLiving

My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully.

Javier Bardem

TruthLookingBelieveBetterChoose

I consider myself very fortunate to grow up in a time when my family, my friends don't look at me funny because I'm a 29-year-old single woman.

Christie Hefner

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