Lee Daniels Quotes

I'm in a great place because I trust people behind the camera as I go off, and I still go back to my day job and do film.

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• She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on.

  

  Earl Scruggs
  • Great
  • Long
  • She

• Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Good
  • Why
  • Bad

• As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Remember
  • Always
  • Loved

• I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.

  

  Kacy Hill
  • School
  • Dream
  • Dance

• I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • World
  • Women
  • Movie

• Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.

  

  Ibrahim Rugova
  • Today
  • Europe
  • Closer

• I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • People
  • Good
  • Alone

• For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.

  

  Gabriel Macht
  • Stories
  • Approach
  • Conservative

• I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?

  

  Wayne Huizenga
  • People
  • Why
  • Business

• I get bored easily.

  

  Cam Gigandet
  • Bored
  • Get
  • Easily

• When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Life
  • World
  • Good

• When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Emotions
  • Go
  • Come

• I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.

  

  Yuri Milner
  • Interests
  • Servant
  • Investors

• I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.

  

  B. B. King
  • Different
  • Love
  • Like

• In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • Power
  • Change
  • Bigger

• Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.

  

  Lars Ulrich Metallica
  • Music
  • Always
  • Hearts

• I have an hourglass shape, and I think it's important to understand your body type and your personality type. Then make whatever is on trend and in fashion work for you.

  

  Fiona Gubelmann
  • Work
  • Important
  • Fashion

• I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Good
  • Money
  • Fun

• I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • People
  • Believe
  • Charity

• Everybody wants to protect their own tribe, whether they are right or wrong.

  

  Charles Barkley

• A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great.

  

  David Alan Grier
  • Life
  • Time
  • Great

• We've explored very little of the ocean. We really don't know what's out there. But people think we've figured it all out.

  

  Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
  • People
  • Ocean

• I don't want to bore myself, so I'm always writing new music. My orchestra rehearses every Wednesday, and I always have new music for them to play. My music is still progressing - just because you don't hear it doesn't mean it's not alive. The music is complicated, but it's about emotion. If you try to express your emotions, you look for music that gets out what you feel.

  

  Sam Rivers Limp Bizkit
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Wednesday

• I'm in a great place because I trust people behind the camera as I go off, and I still go back to my day job and do film.

  

  Lee Daniels
  • People
  • Great
  • Job