- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Power Quotes
Lines on power, wherever it shows up.
Rather than sticking to one definition, this set moves between the power of computing infrastructure, a hitter's power at the plate, and the power a film has to hold a room the way old storytelling once did. Compare notes on strength and character in our Great page.
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I called my show 'Power' because, for me, the whole series is about the way my main character, Ghost, is power-less over his circumstances, even though he has almost endless access to money and guns.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we started on 'Power,' I was committed to respecting the differences among Spanish dialects: Dominican, Nuyorican, Mexican, etc. I wanted the language our characters spoke to be as specific as possible, to reflect New York as it is.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, at the end of the day, taking a chance on 'Power' is taking a chance on me.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are some aspects of the story of 'Power' that clearly are about race in the sense that any one of us now who's black and was raised in this country was raised with a lie, which is, 'You can never be president.' That's not true.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The impetus for 'Power' was me writing about my dad, who was an advertising executive and very interested in image. He thought that perception was reality and what people thought of you was what was real about you.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was pitching 'Power,' I had an executive say, 'Well, I already have a black show.' He said that right to my face.
- Hip-Hop
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's hip-hop music in 'Power,' but the show is not about the hip-hop industry.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people watch 'Power' and they find out the showrunner is black, it's not surprising. What is surprising is that I am a woman and my background is not particularly urban.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Recognizing your place of power and privilege in an unfair system can, as an ally, help you to start using that privilege as an opportunity to do good.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
To hold and know the power of a woman is something so amazing that I don't think a woman could ever understand because they cannot know life without it.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020