Kasi Lemmons Quotes
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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In the wealthy industrialized nations, effective drug therapies against AIDS became available - AZT as early as 1987, then combinations of antiretroviral agents in 1996. The new drugs offered hope that fatal complications might be staved off and AIDS rendered a chronic condition.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.
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What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
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In the Middle East, we don't have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.
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When you're younger, you have ideas and visions of what you're going to be like when you're older and what love is going to be like and who you're gonna be married to and all of these different things.
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I embrace everything about Ally... I don't particularly see her as a whiner. One week she's tough, the next she's really weak. I love that. She's human.
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I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. That's my nature.
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And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw.
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I don't ever think it's a good idea to try to recreate the success you've had before; it's all about chasing something fresh and new.
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People ask me, 'What happened in your life that might have pushed you as an artist to get to where you are today?' I always felt a little on the outside. And as such, you're always observing things. So, I'd be kind of re-creating these things in my mind, and I think drawing it was a way to deal with that.
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I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right.
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For 'Breaking Bad,' it was like, that's one of the best pilots, probably the best pilot I have ever read.
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Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.
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Honestly, I do spend most of my time between films trying to get the next one made.
