Joie Lee Quotes
Even now, most people call me Joy or Joe Lee or Joey. It's all fine with me. The only time I correct them is when they refer to me as Spike Lee's sister.
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For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.
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Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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I very much admire Uri Ariel. I think he's a man of principles, and effective, and I love him.
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There's nothing bloody wrong with wanting it at all.
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I moved to L.A. and watched a lot of local television news, and I started to see the burn logos up on the upper right hand corner - On-Scene Video, RMG Media Group, and all these other ones. I just became intrigued with it.
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You should never go on diet and must follow a healthy lifestyle.
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I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business.
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I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.
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Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days.
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The first day I was in a daze thinking, ‘What am I doing? What’s my role?’ and then slowly we started writing with each other, and it was great. It took me way back to my high school days when I was playing in a rock band.
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Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving.
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I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made.
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Even now, most people call me Joy or Joe Lee or Joey. It's all fine with me. The only time I correct them is when they refer to me as Spike Lee's sister.
