Lee Daniels Quotes
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You can't be a victim and heal.
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In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
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Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor.
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Ah... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils that's freshly picked from the field.
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In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
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The first wealth is health.
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What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
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To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.
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I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
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To do a studio film, something with Disney. My father is thrilled.
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Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - 'this is just the way it is' - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.
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I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I'll be all right; I've got a few veg.
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Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
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We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection.
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I grew up in Shanghai, a big urban city.
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I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I'm the most surprised person of all.
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In Berlin... it's important to present a concert that will change their ears... so if you present a Tchaikovsky symphony, you get almost no audience.
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I clung to my vegan friends for more support than anyone because they helped guide me and made the transition much easier. My family was a bit skeptical, as they felt like I wasn't getting enough protein in my vegan diet.
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How self-centered, how arrogant... Imagine the awesome privilege of living in a society where you get to choose what you eat at each and every meal. When I was a kid, I was a vegetarian and a vegan for long stretches... I was a commodity cheese-atarian.
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Just as you can identify eras of fashion by glancing at a piece of vintage clothing, logos create and follow trends over time.
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I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated.
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I'm not really vegan. I'm vegan-ish. I have a piece of lamb every now and then.
