Lee Daniels Quotes
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When you really start figuring things out as a quarterback, you realize you don't have to be perfect every time, but you do have to be quick and decisive.
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There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.'
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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I had people at Perrysburg High School in my life in Perrysburg who believed in me and told me I could do anything I wanted too, and I foolishly believed them.
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I really like children to watch my movies.
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I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults.
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In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.
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There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.
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I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never even get to see on the screen anymore.
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I think if anybody had the opportunity to stay in one place and play ball, they would.
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I have literally played the most interesting parts since I turned 40.
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You shouldn't have regrets. I'd say instead that I've learned a lot of lessons. Yes, I could have handled some things better. But they've also made me who I am today.
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I pride myself on being tragically uncool.
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Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.
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Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere intelligence.
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It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.
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Whatever was said about Ralph Ellison, 'Invisible Man' was considered untouchable.
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The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time.
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The most impactful comics that I've read are the ones where the artists swung for the bleachers and tried to immerse you in their world.
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I think you always have to try to expand the content to make it exciting for the audience and the kids out there with the cars and the robots.
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I just want to make sports safe for our kids.
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I like to show the grey area in all my characters.
