Lee Daniels Quotes
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As a member of the audience I don't like it that I can't see what's going on in the eyes and in the face and in the most subtle responses of a performer when I'm more than a few rows back. I find it very frustrating.
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I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
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I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing.
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Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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As a writer you have a duty to be a messenger.
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I’ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches. A heart is to be spent.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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A man's house is his castle.
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To achieve charity, we must submit, become patient, meek, humble. . . . We must exercise the love of God as a power.
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My mission is to let black kids know that their dreams can happen.
