“I just really want to do stand-up and act in stuff that I like. And do stuff that makes me really happy.” Really Happy Author:Pete Davidson
“I don't want idiots in my audience. So if me coming forward with what my beliefs are is what you need to hear to not be a fan anymore, that's great. That means next time I show up in whatever said city, your dumb ass won't be there.” MeanBeliefAudienceAssDumbIdiotNext Time Author:Pete Davidson
“As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers. We're never the center of our history.” PeoplePassiveLeft Out Author:Amma Asante
“You can take me and then you can take a blond white man with blue eyes, and you could say, "Fundamentally, they're different." And then I could talk to that white guy about the first time he lost someone close to his heart, and I could tell him about the first time I lost someone close to my heart, and I can guarantee you that at least 70 percent of the experienced feelings will be similar. We are human beings.” MenHeartDifferentFeelingsEyeGuyMy HeartFirst TimeBlue Eyes Author:Amma Asante
“There are important differences that mean we appreciate each other, not tolerate each other. Race creates this idea that there's this massive difference. So when you use race as a means to explore politics, it's a very interesting way of looking at difference, yet similarities.” MeanImportantInterestingAppreciateTolerateVery InterestingSimilarity Author:Amma Asante
“People assume thoughts and processes about you that may have nothing to do with you whatsoever, but they make political assumptions and assertions about who you are based on your choice of partner.” PeoplePoliticalChoicesWho You AreAssumingAssumption Author:Amma Asante
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.” PoliticalDeathDiesPoliticsAtheismTyrannyTyrantsJustificationMartyrMartyrdomMetamorphosisMartyred Book:Papers and Journals Source: Papers and Journals
“If you unite a couple on a joint fight, the question is, "Does it unite them literally, or does it weaken their love?" And if it weakens their love, is that true love? And if this is true love, then you know they should be united by their separation. It's their fight that brings them emotionally together while they're physically separated, and so, though there's physical separation, there is mental and emotional closeness.” TogetherFightingLove IsEmotionalCoupleSeparationCloseness Author:Amma Asante
“The reality is that we’re in very politicized times. The complete antithesis of Obama is Trump. We are in very polarized times. People are taking a very strong view after a period of time, I think, where people fell asleep on politics to a certain extent.” PeopleThinkingRealityStrongVery StrongAntithesis Author:Amma Asante