Dee Rees Quotes
Actors need to know why they're saying what they're saying, more than just learning their lines.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
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I really like just super dry comedy.
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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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The devil made me do it.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.
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I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.
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When I auditioned for drama college, they asked me to do my Shakespeare. I couldn't do it. They asked me to do my modern, and I couldn't do it. They asked me if I had a song prepared, and I said 'No,' so I sang 'Happy Birthday.' And I did a reasonable improvisation, a reasonable one, nothing special at all. I don't know how I got in, but I did.
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Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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Belize pledges it continued support to the aspirations of the 23 million people of Taiwan to be full participants in all organs and agencies of the international community.
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Custom reconciles us to everything.
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New York City is the greatest city on the planet. It's the capital of the world.
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There is an eternal vital correspondence between our blood and the sun: there is an eternal vital correspondence between our nerves and the moon. If we get out of contact and harmony with the sun and moon, then both turn into great dragons of destruction against us.
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The problem with modern politics is everybody is doing sound bite stuff. In my stump speech, I give 20 minutes on why I think we're off track. And I think people do really want to engage in a serious high-level discussion on how to get the country back on track because people care about their own country.
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It just amazes me every time I have a debate with the ACLU on this. What would you want, to have innocent names made public?
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Actors need to know why they're saying what they're saying, more than just learning their lines.
