“It ain't so much what people don't know that hurts as what they know that ain't so.”
“The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.”
Source: The Secret Life of Bees
“There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.”
Source: The Grapes of Wrath
“I know what I'm capable of — it's other people who have a problem with my image, not me.”
News of the World (June 1986)
Context: Every time I do anything, I have to ask myself: Is it a good role, and is it right to do it? There may be sex or nudity or violence in the script, and then you have to say: Is it gratuitous just out to shock people? Or is it there because it has to be? If role demands it, and it isn't gratuitous, I'll do it. It's my job, after all. I'm an actress. I know what I'm capable of — it's other people who have a problem with my image, not me. I hope I can do all sorts of things, not just one type who's all sweetness and light. Unfortunately, people forget it's a role and confuse it with you.
“If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black.”
Interview with African American radio host Charlamagne tha God on "The Breakfast Club", as quoted in * 2020-05-22
Joe Biden, in testy interview, says 'you ain’t black’ if you're undecided over him vs. Trump
Nicholas Wu
USA TODAY 2020
Source: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/05/22/biden-you-aint-black-if-you-cant-decide-between-trump-and-biden/5242706002/
N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave And The Master)
On Albums, Untitled (2008)
“The only problem with seeing people you know is that they know you.”
Source: The Burn Journals
