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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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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If I'm not writing well, I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family, I'm not happy. If I'm not connecting to friends or if I don't work out enough... You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme.
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You can’t tell real from a rutabaga.
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Work did bestow dignity, status, meaning. Wasn't that why people dreaded unemployment, why some men found retirement so traumatic?
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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.
