Lee Daniels Quotes
I want to go to places that are unexpected of me because people really think they have me pegged.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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If the artists would just keep hammering away - unify, stick together - then music will become the king again, which is what it should be.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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Every company has to identify what I call its strategic resources, and make sure that it grabs as much of its strategic resources as possible.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
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Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time.
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Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
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You can't throw money at the Internet to make it work - it really is all about the quality of the content.
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I feel fortunate I have this amazing relationship with so many people in America, because I was in their homes at a very private time of day. They probably might have still had their robe on and their slippers and haven't made the beds.
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I want to go to places that are unexpected of me because people really think they have me pegged.
