I never had everything I wanted, but I never wanted for anything.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes contentment with what one has rather than longing for more.
Lena Waithe's quote reflects the idea that true happiness comes not from possessing everything one desires, but rather from appreciating the things that one does have. It suggests that a grateful perspective can lead to a fulfilling life, where the absence of material desires does not equate to a lack of fulfillment.
In practice
A motivational speech on finding joy in everyday life.
As a black woman in the industry, you really do have to hold your head higher, stick your chest out, be kind and polite and generous even when you don't want to be sometimes. I learned that and, also, just to never take no for an answer.
Being a black lesbian myself, I roll my eyes a little bit when I see black lesbian characters on shows where it's purely there for decoration. You can just hear it in the writers room... 'What if we make her a lesbian?'
It's weird because I see black gay characters on television all the time, but do I relate to them? Not always, because they're set pieces.
The cool thing about dope black style becoming in style is that the industry has no choice but to try and reduplicate that.
For me, it's about making art that's not good but phenomenal. James Baldwin didn't want to just stay above the fray. Prince didn't think, 'I wonder what the industry is gonna think about 'Purple Rain.'' It's just, is this honest? Is this real? Does this move me? The rest is icing.
Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay black female is.
Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price.
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
Once I thought that if I just had enough in the bank, if I had enough fame, that it would be all right. But I'm a human being like everyone else. I'm not exempt.
I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.
All happiness comes from awareness. The more we are conscious the deeper the joy. Acceptance of pain, non-resistance, courage and endurance - these open deep and perennial sources of real happiness, true bliss.
Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face
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