Dee Rees Quotes
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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If the artists would just keep hammering away - unify, stick together - then music will become the king again, which is what it should be.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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I love bayou life.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.
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Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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I quickly realised that it is difficult to get started when writing a novel. You have this dream of what you want to create, but it is like walking around a swimming pool and hesitating to jump in because the water is too cold.
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The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.
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Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.
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In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much that they were unable to claim any sort of identity. Others I met found who they truly were, and they generally found it through service to others. They became teachers when there was no school, books or pencils.
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Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs.
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You don't have to make yourself look like people expect you to look.
