Dee Rees Quotes
I've been around many different lives, many different voices. It was amazing material for a writer.
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.
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I can't ever seem to shake the feeling that when things are really good it essentially means that things are going to go really bad. When I feel calm and settled, there is always an underlying feeling of impending doom... I don't think that it's healthy.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.
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I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.
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My mother is a strong woman. Her strength comes from being tested by life's unpredictability. It comes from soldiering on for her children, even when she might rather have given up. I know it hasn't always come easily, but I also know it's her greatest gift.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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I don't think that the Pulitzer should be given the way it is. I think the competition should be anonymous. I think completely different people would win it if the names were taken off because a lot of it is done on relationships and names.
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My whole point is like, well, if I'm the pop star, then it should be whatever I am. There's, you know, room for Katy Perrys and Adeles and Rihannas and Lady Gagas and Ke$has and me and Pinks. I think what's great about all of us is that we represent something different.
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I've been around many different lives, many different voices. It was amazing material for a writer.
