Lee Daniels Quotes
'Empire' was a very traumatic experience for me. It was very schizophrenic, and it wasn't what I expected it to be.
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I don't miss acting at all.
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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Turkey is a safe country. Stay there.
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I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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I'd like to say that I'm a rock star, but I'm not - I'm honestly more of a relationship kind of guy. I'm a guy you could take home to meet your mum rather than a guy your mum wouldn't like.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.
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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
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There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.
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What's become a big theme in my music is my dad as a narrative character. I never had the opportunity to understand our relationship in a more adult capacity. The unknown is great material for any creative outlet.
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I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis.
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Teenage girls in television and film, in my experience, oftentimes are portrayed as either the sweet, innocent virgin or the super-sexy, experienced, town bicycle. There never seems to be an in-between. I think most girls are somewhere in between those two tropes.
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What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.
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'Empire' was a very traumatic experience for me. It was very schizophrenic, and it wasn't what I expected it to be.
