Jim Lee Quotes
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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When people go through something rough in life, they say, 'I'm taking it one day at a time.' Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
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I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
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'Shkoff' is to eat. 'Shkiaff' is to slap. Like, 'Gettouttahere I'm gonna give you a couple of shkiaffs,' or, 'Forget presentation, just shkiaff the food onto the plate.'
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In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'
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Memories so treacherous...
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The economic costs of starting your own business can be significant; in fact, most new startup companies fail because of undercapitalization.
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Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.
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Why are people unemployed? Because there is no work. Why is there no work? Because people are not buying products and services. Why are people not buying products and services? Because they have no money. Why do people have no money? Because they are unemployed.
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Outside of my work as a comic book creator and co-publisher, I'm an avid gamer.
