Lee Daniels Quotes
I'm not Tyler Perry. I'm not Dino De Laurentis. I think it's a bit much to put one's name in front of the film. It makes me uncomfortable.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.
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You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining.
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I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian.
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
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If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it could happen again.
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Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
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I've discovered the burger is a crazy thing in Vegas, but I was one of the early chefs to do a lot of burgers.
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Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.
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One of the problems with the Internet is that a lot of times it is inaccurate.
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He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning.
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In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.
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He was wild the way a mistreated dog becomes wild, not because it loves freedom, but because it has lost trust.
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While the forces of repression need to win every time, the progressive elements need only triumph once.
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In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity - or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity - by being opinionated rather than by being learned.
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To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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Stressing the God-centered life can lead to an otherworldly withdrawal from everyday earthly life.
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I see the demographics increasing, and by that I mean the notion of social acceptance is growing, not decreasing; I think the notion of fiscal responsibility is growing, not decreasing. And Republicans seem to be moving further away from those two categories than closer.
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The anarch, as I have expounded elsewhere, is the pendant to the monarch; he is as sovereign as the monarch, and also freer since he does not have to rule.
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Both this song ['Black Skinhead'], 'I Am a God' and this song were made after Hedi Slimane didn't let me into his first Saint Laurent show.
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Hard paywalls will never work because, just like at a newsstand, the reader likes to browse the cover and a few articles before choosing to buy. Even if the material is truly unique, a consumer likes to try a little before buying.
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I'm not Tyler Perry. I'm not Dino De Laurentis. I think it's a bit much to put one's name in front of the film. It makes me uncomfortable.
