Issa Rae Quotes

As a teenager, my blackness was also questioned by some of the life choices I made that weren't considered to be 'black' choices. For example, joining the swim team when it is a known fact that 'black folk don't swim'; or choosing to become a vegetarian when blacks clearly love chicken.

Issa Rae

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LifeLoveTeamChoicesBlackBecome

I've always loved those movies where somebody really wants something, and then the thing they want is right in front of them.

John Krasinski

LovedWantMoviesRightAlways

I don't like writing - it's so difficult to say what you mean. It's much easier to edit other people's writing and help them say what they mean.

Robert Gottlieb

PeopleWritingHelpYouSayMean

I want to be together with everyone else but stay lonely.

Jean-Luc Godard

TogetherLonelyWantEveryoneStay

I never view myself as a leader.

Jeff Hardy

LeaderMyselfViewNever

Trust is the conduit for influence; it's the medium through which ideas travel.

Amy Cuddy

TrustTravelIdeasInfluenceThrough

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

Tom Wolfe

GoodMotivationBeingWriterHigher

Performance is always something that will be a part of my career.

Robin Thede

PerformanceCareerWillAlwaysPart

He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

Jules Verne

ActionEnemyRightMayWhoHe

I identify more as a musician than as a singer, because I play piano and percussion, and I engineer and produce everything that I do.

Janina Gavankar

PlayMoreEverythingSingerPiano

Fortunately for England, all her imports are raw materials.

Joseph Hume

HerEnglandRawMaterialsImports

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Clarence Darrow

FightingWorthLostOnlyCauses

Anything by D. H. Lawrence or Jean Genet - 'Zen Mind,' 'Beginner's Mind' is my daily go to for non-fiction.

Brian J. Smith

DailyMindGoAnythingZenBeginner

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