Dee Rees Quotes
Having to stake out your identity and have people question whether or not you're being yourself was a tension that I could relate to.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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Fans will express themselves. We will always have the best security possible, as we always do. And I hope that Cleveland and the fans, you would hope that everybody keeps it to a certain level, because anything you do that crosses the line isn't going to look bad for anybody but the franchise and Cleveland.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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Those who are greatly occupied in physical or material matters lack sufficient knowledge or have only superficial understanding of spiritual matters. Therefore, such people's opinions and judgments concerning spiritual matters carry no weight.
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.
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I can't stand by and allow tens of thousands of innocent people to be slaughtered for lies.
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I do love being amongst creative people and facilitating that and being inspired by people. I get very bored with just competence and require inspiration all around me.
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Having to stake out your identity and have people question whether or not you're being yourself was a tension that I could relate to.
