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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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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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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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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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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A person who suffers from severe locomotor anxiety finds himself in an almost permanent state of mental tension. He wakes in the morning with the anxious expectation of having to go out somewhere in the course of the day.
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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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Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.
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Happiness is precious, and so I prefer to keep mine private. In a world where everyone shares everything, I can think of a lot of happy moments, but they're mine.
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You can say a lot more with a poem than you can with a song, but with a song you can really be more powerful with it. You can express it a lot more powerfully.
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The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.
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Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.
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You don't have to make yourself look like people expect you to look.
