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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We know from Talmadge Hayer, one of the men who carried out the assassination, who was shot by Ruben X as he tried to flee the Audubon after shooting Malcolm X, we know that Hayer confessed years later to his Imam in prison that there had been a walk-through a week prior to February 21st [1965] at the Audubon Ballroom.
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What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God.
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Everybody wants to have a goal - I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal. I can finally get to that goal. Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed - and if you don't, you're a fool.
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I never use a computer.
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The word ‘no’ is a great time-saver. Say no to anything that is not the highest and best use of your time.
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The fear of failing... not quite the fear of failing, but the uncertainty of whether you are going to perform or not, is there every single game I have played in my life. It will always be there.
