Dee Rees Quotes
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People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.' I'm always saying 'That's super cool. That's nice of you to say.' But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.
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We are all seduced by charismatic people, whether it's in your office or in the bus or in the train. There are people who just, like, come through the door, and everybody turns around and looks at them and feels drawn to them.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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Any character that can't be kept straight, to me, isn't a character who should be in the book – you know, anyone not vivid enough to have a claim on my attention.
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It's much easier to work with an unknown.
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I try to do things that make me feel good. I go to yoga classes, drink a lot of water, eat healthily and keep things like alcohol and coffee to weekends. I don't overdo anything.
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It's the tyranny of an oligarchy that I'm concerned about.
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I'm a human being, and I get sick.
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I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
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I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program.
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Our cultural capital has changed tremendously on its way into the twenty-first century. Manhattan has been secured and sanitized; it's smoke- and trans-fat-free. In the boroughs, many of the old jungles have been cleared as well.
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It takes a tough, stand-up governor to stand up to the president of the United States - speaking out against the president, speaking out against his policies and, more than that, having actual policies that will help expand health care while... Trump is trying to diminish it for Illinois families.
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L.A. has always had a ton of creative business people, but tech has always been trumped by Hollywood. Now Hollywood is realizing it needs to be smarter in tech. Hollywood is finally crossing over, and it's really going to charge L.A. to be the next tech center.
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Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time.
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I'm going to try to unite all Americans.
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Political and social change is always a stagger-step process.
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Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
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I'm surprised I wasn't sent to therapy in the childhood to be honest. I think my parents must have gotten a kick out of it.
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Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who are the first to succumb to its suggestive effects.
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Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.
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When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a lover, as a daughter.
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I'm always choosing the hard things, the things that aren't easy.
