Lee Daniels Quotes
I see the world from a very specific perspective. It is how I grew up. It is what I am proud of, and I vocalize it. And for those who have not experienced my experience, it is odd, and it's not mainstream.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
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Clothing and makeup and hair and all of that so much indicates the kind of person you are inside and the person you are presenting on the outside. Sometimes they are in conflict, and sometimes they are the same. That psychology of the exterior informing the interior is just so interesting.
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.
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Performance art can be produced in a coffee house setting.
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When you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope diamond.
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I'm very comfortable in the U.S. and Europe, but I feel completely out of place in the rest of the world, mostly because I never spent time outside the U.S. and Europe until I was in my 30s.
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I see the world from a very specific perspective. It is how I grew up. It is what I am proud of, and I vocalize it. And for those who have not experienced my experience, it is odd, and it's not mainstream.
