Dee Rees Quotes
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I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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Beauty is not just physical.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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I didn't intend to introduce food so early, but she became very interested at about 5 months, and I just gave her whatever sort of nutrient-rich food I had. Her first food was smoked trout.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
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In the game of Dawn Card-Castles, fifty-two playing cards are stacked up into a castle in a draught-free space: the player can determine the dreams of the next night if he awakes before the castle collapses. Those players who wish to dream of Romance build their castle with the seven of hearts.
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It is important for us to remember that black people have been patriotic and have fought for that American dream in every American war.
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The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
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I think there are opportunities outside India as well as in India. In fact, some of the largest projects that most Indian software companies are doing are in India.
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The challenge of the believer is to take the faith that you got in here and take it to the place out there.
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My ultimate dream was just to be an auteur.
