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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My thinking is lot more different with many actresses in the industry. I don't understand why people in showbiz put their profession of acting in the back seat after marriage.
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If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
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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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I don't have a bunch of mates. I don't have a man cave. My wife and I, we are each other's best friend.
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I'm focusing on the issues that bring people together and build broad majorities.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
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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.
