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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For me, I love food. It's my greatest pleasure and also the thing that could ruin you as well. It's one of those things where, if you're not thoughtful about it, it could be unhealthy. But if there's a mindfulness about it; it actually is a wonderful tool of emotional expression.
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I'm not a guy who needs to drink coffee or anything to get myself going in the morning. I wake up, and I'm full of energy.
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We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.
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My parents could not be more Italian.
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I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.
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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.
