Ang Lee Quotes
When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.
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When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.
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We just feel like history repeats itself. You ain't never going to see nothing brand new; you're only going to see when records are broken. And we're here to just set records and set trends and follow the footsteps that have been shown to us.
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How can you think and hit at the same time?
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Every free day, every weekend, I am in a recording session. I'm very lucky to have such supportive people around me.
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It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instantaneous storytelling you get in theater.
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If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.
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I love hip-hop; I love Sleigh Bells. I also love classical music and musical theater.
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Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.
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It's nice to know that people are paying attention to you on the other side of the ball, but it's also kind of sad because you feel like you're a man that's being hunted down by some vicious animal. I feel they're going to come after me and do whatever they can to shut down the run, and that makes a difference with me in going out and doing my job.
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Rap to me is a modern blues. But until we really confront the truth, we are going to have a Tupac or Eminem or Biggie Smalls to remind us about it - and thank God.
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I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.
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When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience.
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What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God.
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Hardships make us strong. Problems give birth to wisdom. Sorrows cultivate compassion. Those who have suffered the most will become the happiest.
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You have no chance at getting a rebound unless you make it.
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Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.
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What's the use of a high school education if you can't recall it when needed later on?
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I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well.
