In this post, find the collected quotes from the month of January 2021.
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Best Of
One Night In Miami
Everybody talking they want a piece of the pie, but I don’t. I want the goddamn recipe.
— Sam Cooke
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets
Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.
— The Baron
You need to be able to celebrate yourself first. Then, you’ll find someone else who can celebrate you.
— Dr. Bird
Good For Your Podcast
Episode 67: Amanda Knox (Part 2)
Find common ground, so when I’m talking to someone, I’m trying to find common ground. If they are making an argument I have to give them the benefit of the doubt and understand the strongest version of their argument – even if they aren’t expressing it well. I need to have compassion and be willing to change.
— Amanda Knox | Episode 67: Amanda Knox (Part 2) | Good For You Podcast with Whitney Cummings
American Skin
[…] those laws weren’t written with us in mind and anyone that tells you differently, is either white or just lucky they haven’t had to put it to the test yet.
— Linc
[…] that’s America, right? We don’t fix the system; we just put a premium on the way to get around it.
— Linc
Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It
We have to remember when our community only sees that in media and television and in film, when you only see those characters portrayed in that negative way, it’s not only educating other communities about us, but it’s also teaching us how we see ourselves.
— Eva Longoria
[…] we always have to prove we’re worthwhile. It’s a lot of work. It’s exhausting.
— Whoopi Goldberg
Having to examine yourself and finding value in yourself is the only way to become a whole person.
— Rita Moreno
Living alone is really pretty neat, especially when you like who you’re living with.
— Rita Moreno
The stereotype comes from how others tell our story. I’m interested in how we tell our story.
— Lin-Manuel Miranda
How It Ends (2021)
It’s the stress of not being seen that’s endless.
— Manny (YS)
I made a choice today to not set myself up to be disappointed.
— Liza
From Twitter
If you don’t ask for what you want, the answer to your question is already no (because you never asked)
— Marsai Martin
Interview Snippets
I accept the diagnosis but I don’t accept the label.
— Tisha Campbell | Laugh & Learn Episode 4: Tisha Campbell Martin
The Good Doctor
Season 4/ Episode 7
[…] the problem isn’t really change. It’s whether two people change in the same direction.
— Shaun
Call Me Kat
Just because you couldn’t relate to me, doesn’t mean something was wrong with me.
— Call Me Kat (1.4)
Podcasts
Good For You Podcast
Ep #66: AMANDA KNOX PART 1
Everyone wants to assert their identity through the things that they say and they’re never willing to entertain an alternative idea.
— Ep #66: AMANDA KNOX PART 1 | Good For You Podcast with Whitney Cummings
Episode 67: Amanda Knox (Part 2)
I’m allowed to be wrong.
— Whitney Cummings | Episode 67: Amanda Knox (Part 2) | Good For You Podcast with Whitney Cummings
Find common ground, so when I’m talking to someone, I’m trying to find common ground. If they are making an argument I have to give them the benefit of the doubt and understand the strongest version of their argument – even if they aren’t expressing it well. I need to have compassion and be willing to change.
— Amanda Knox | Episode 67: Amanda Knox (Part 2) | Good For You Podcast with Whitney Cummings
People don’t judge based on the evidence, they judge based on how they feel about you.
— Amanda Knox | Episode 67: Amanda Knox (Part 2) | Good For You Podcast with Whitney Cummings
J.ill The Podcast
Episode 7
The 20s are for working hard. The 30s are for working smart. The 40s are for when you want to, and how you want to. And the 50s are up to you, how you wanna play that.
— Jill Scott | J.ill The Podcast Episode 7 | Our Value Is Not Defined by What We Produce
Your brilliance is essential, but your presence is not always.
— Aja | J.ill The Podcast Episode 7 | Our Value Is Not Defined by What We Produce
Television
Euphoria
Special Episode “Part 2: Jules”
I feel like I’ve framed my entire womanhood around men.
— Jules
Without the self-criticism, I’d be lost.
— Jules
[…] you’re looking at a million layers of other people that I’ve grabbed and clung to throughout my entire life.
— Jules
Most girls when you first talk to them, they automatically analyze and compare themselves to you, and then they search for where you fit in their hierarchy, and then they tret you accordingly.
— Jules
At least for me, being trans is spiritual. You know, it’s not religious. It’s not for some congregation. It’s for me. It’s mine. It belongs to me.
— Jules
[…] there’s a difference between thinking about hurting yourself, and wanting to hurt yourself.
— Jules
Maybe that’s what I’m actually attracted to, maybe that’s the appeal? The letdown. The fact that none of its real and it’s all a fantasy.
— Jules
I’m the one person you never have to apologize to.
— Therapist
Call Me Kat
Just because you couldn’t relate to me, doesn’t mean something was wrong with me.
— Call Me Kat (1.4)
The Good Doctor
Season 4/ Episode 7
[…] the problem isn’t really change. It’s whether two people change in the same direction.
— Shaun
Season 4/ Episode 6
The basis of empathy is curiosity.
— Shaun
Your job is to teach, not take over.
— Dr. Lim
You need to stop seeking out other people’s pain. It’s literally killing you.
— Dr. Lim
It’s A Sin
Episode 2
From the little I can gather, good acting is when it’s true.
— Ritchie’s Mom
[…] you’re too clever by half, like, in your mind, you can think your way out of anything.
— Jill
9-1-1
Season 4/ Episode 2 “Alone Together”
I don’t need you to be brave, I need you to trust me.
— Athena
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Season 1/ Episode 3 “A Friend”
It’s hard to teach something you do by feeling.
— Rudy
Horimiya
Season 1/ Episode 4
Instead of “Where are you going,” do you mean, “Please don’t go?”
— Miyamura
Season 1/ Episode 1
Sometimes I’m not sure if you’re incredibly bold or incredibly stupid.
— Hori
The Promised Neverland
Season 2/ Episode 1
Freedom is so beautiful, yet so cruel.
— Emma
Bridgerton
Season 1/ Episode 8
You’re angry, but not with me. So take it somewhere else and finally do something about it.
— Will
[…] You are lost and I cannot allow you to set me adrift as well.
— Siena
Pride will cost you everything and leave you with nothing.
— Lady Danbury
Season 1/ Episode 7
Separate bedrooms may be tolerated. Separate households will not be suffered.
— Simon
Pretending that nothing is amiss is the perfect way to lure the ignorant into submission.
— Daphne
It takes courage to live outside the traditional expectations of society.
— Henry
Wonder Egg Priority
Episode 1
Nothing costs more than a free gift.
BONDiNG
Season 2/ Episode 1 “The Kinks”
Your best intentions can be your worst enemy.
— Tiff
Interviews
I accept the diagnosis but I don’t accept the label.
— Tisha Campbell | Laugh & Learn Episode 4: Tisha Campbell Martin
From Social Media
If you don’t ask for what you want, the answer to your question is already no (because you never asked)
— Marsai Martin
Personal
I don’t know why I care so much what you think when you don’t consider how I feel.
Movies
How It Ends (2021)
It’s the stress of not being seen that’s endless.
— Manny (YS)
I made a choice today to not set myself up to be disappointed.
— Liza
Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It
We have to remember when our community only sees that in media and television and in film, when you only see those characters portrayed in that negative way, it’s not only educating other communities about us, but it’s also teaching us how we see ourselves.
— Eva Longoria
[…] we always have to prove we’re worthwhile. It’s a lot of work. It’s exhausting.
— Whoopi Goldberg
Having to examine yourself and finding value in yourself is the only way to become a whole person.
— Rita Moreno
Living alone is really pretty neat, especially when you like who you’re living with.
— Rita Moreno
The stereotype comes from how others tell our story. I’m interested in how we tell our story.
— Lin-Manuel Miranda
You know, you think that once you felt the warm glow of recognition, you wouldn’t fear the shadows anymore, but you know what? A lot of us still do. It’s interesting how we keep dragging our past into the present. I am so blessed. Damn the shadows and here’s to the light.
— Rita Moreno
If you feel like you’re always being discriminated against, you’re always angry, and who are you going to be angry at? Everybody? That’s poison. You can’t do it, you know. So life is what it is—on the one hand. On the other hand, it’s what you make of it.
— Morgan Freeman
American Skin
[…] those laws weren’t written with us in mind and anyone that tells you differently, is either white or just lucky they haven’t had to put it to the test yet.
— Linc
I know how things in the past affect things happening now.
— Officer
[…] that’s America, right? We don’t fix the system; we just put a premium on the way to get around it.
— Linc
Great nations aren’t great because they oppress, but because they liberate. Not because they kill, but because they heal.
— Jordin
Run Hide Fight
Funny when you’re holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
— Tristan
You’re not the only good thing in my life, you’re the best thing.
— Zoe
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets
Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.
— The Baron
You need to be able to celebrate yourself first. Then, you’ll find someone else who can celebrate you.
— Dr. Bird
One Night In Miami
Everybody talking they want a piece of the pie, but I don’t. I want the goddamn recipe.
— Sam Cooke
There is no more room for anyone to stand on the fence anymore.
— Malcolm X
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