Dee Rees Quotes
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'
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I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.
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I lean into all things that are a little off. I will always wear overalls. At this point, I find a way in most of my life to wear a jumpsuit or an overall, anything that's sort of like an all-in-one situation. I do that on the red carpet a lot.
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I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
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It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.
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Nobody ever accused me of pulling any weapon on them. I would never, ever pull a weapon on anybody.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius.
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I tend to stay away from the comics.
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I just get silly inside my head and I start to think about something and in my head I start twisting it around, contorting it and envisioning it in different ways.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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Even if you're an angry, intense person, you also have to have intense joy about life and intense feelings about the world.
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I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.
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Let your deeds be your bond, not your promises and cajolery.
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It took you momma nine months to make it, but it only took that nigga thirty minutes to take it.
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Of course whenever you make the playoffs it's an exciting time of year. All the past records go out the window, but at the same time it's a one-shot deal and you have to get it right the first time or else you have to go home for the summer. Every kids' dream is to make it to the state tournament. Our kids are no different from anybody else.
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I feel a lot of folks, like teenagers, can feel like outcasts.
