Haile Gerima Quotes
Most young people now are very vulnerable as to what the American film aficionados are going to say. They care too much about a system that has no room for them. It's really a serious issue for me, because to me it's, how do I survive beyond a film that was disgraced or praised?
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
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I don't do meetings.
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I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
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It's no fun to be a bluestocking in a family of jockstraps.
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One of the key things about the entitlement and power of patriarchy, but also within feminism, is not that it's wilful nastiness. But you can't ask for permission. You can negotiate and you can bring people on board and you can build a base but you can't expect for it to be given.
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“Remember to Breathe!”
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I wanted to do what I was seeing Dorothy Dandridge doing, what I saw Marilyn Monroe do, what I saw Bette Davis do. I wanted to do that: to tell stories. I wanted to make people laugh, make people cry. I wanted to be a storyteller.
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Most young people now are very vulnerable as to what the American film aficionados are going to say. They care too much about a system that has no room for them. It's really a serious issue for me, because to me it's, how do I survive beyond a film that was disgraced or praised?
