Lauren Shuler Donner Quotes
I would say that the first 'X-Men' was the hardest. It took us a long time to get it going.
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Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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A writer is someone who tells you one thing so someday he can tell his readers another thing: what he was thinking but declined to say, or what he would have thought had he been wiser. A writer turns his life into material, and if you're in his life, he uses yours, too.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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There's a consequence for everything, and that goes back to the Bible for me.
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You can't just say I love you, you have to LIVE I love you.
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I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be.
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Fortunately, or unforunately for me, I am always at my best when I am unhampered: when I can let myself go and have a little fun.
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Eventually, it came to this place like, "I'd like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell." Man of Tai Chi became the story to tell.
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Malcolm X never renounced and never stepped away from a strong commitment to black nationalism and black self-determination. That's absolutely clear if you do any analysis of his speeches.
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I would say that the first 'X-Men' was the hardest. It took us a long time to get it going.
