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 don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes, I do still act sometimes. But when I do, it's with people I know and trust, people who respect me as a person and appreciate what I have to offer.
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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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Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.
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Love wasn't possible in just a couple of days. Love could be set in motion quickly, but true love needed time to grow into something strong and enduring. Love was, above all, about commitment and dedication and a belief that spending years with a certain person would create something greater than the sum of what the two can accomplish separately.
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I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level.
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We all drink from one water We all breathe from one air We rise from one ocean And we live under one sky.
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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.
