Lennie James Quotes
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I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.
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For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
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I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.
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We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
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I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I need to do to stay here. I really don't understand women who are in denial, who don't want to go for a mammogram. I think it's stupidity. Sorry. I have no patience for that.
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Around 2005, the Canadian army tapped me to do a dramatization for a series of foresight workshops they'd done. They had stacks of papers and needed it boiled down to something simple enough for a 4-star general to understand. We decided to do it as a story. That's how I created 'Crisis in Zefra.'
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There's no sex in Middle Earth.
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I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.
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I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.
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I was dealing with craft, and that's the surprising thing, the number of people who have literally broken down on our stage, because when you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.
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I was raised Jehovah's Witness. I was in Bible school at five or six years old, but I wouldn't say that we were a religious family.
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The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.
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I mostly played 'Pac-Man', but I played 'The Sims' with my kids when they were growing up.
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I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life.
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The Internet links me to friends and family around the world. Skype rocks!
