Quotes About Complexity

There are so many aspects of human sexuality that we're afraid to talk about, because people still don't understand it. It's not just black and white, you know?

Real life is never black and white why must the movies be?

Love is very complicated and it's never black and white, as I'm sure we all know in our lives.

The idea that a person can be both black and white - and at the same time neither - is novel in America.

I don't think of people as out-and-out black or white.

Blackness is not a monolith. We are not homogenous people; we are not all the same.

You can't just say in one sentence what is blackness or what is black culture or what makes you who you are.

That's what you gonna get with me: the dark aspects of life. Of course, you've got to have some type of light in there, but if it was all light, you'd be blinded. You've got to balance them out.

When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso.

One of the things I learned on medical drama 'Bodies' was that actors can't play ambiguity.

In Bollywood, everything is very one dimensional. This is a girl: she laughs a lot, is forever happy, chirpy, and that's all she is doing throughout the film. That's not how we are.

Less is a bore.

I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.

Boxing is the only thing I have ever understood - I certainly don't understand women.

It's like I have three different brains.

Nobody is totally white in Brazil.

The best ideas make you want to say 'yes' and 'no' in the same breath.

Brexit will not be easy.

People have black skin, people have brown skin. I have both.

Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises.

I don't really understand how to do bureaucratic things - school-system things.

Abel has left mathematicians enough to keep them busy for 500 years.

For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.

Something that 'Game of Thrones' always does successfully is that action sequences are never just action sequences. There's always a point of view, and you're always identifying with one person or one group of people.