Aileen Lee Quotes
There needs to be more deliberate effort on the part of folks at VC firms to bring in a more diverse team of talent. You have to make a more concerted effort to bring in people who are different and who may not be in your network.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.
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You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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In the U.K., we're surrounded by American accents. Anything we watch in television. We have 'How I Met Your Mother' and all these other shows here, so it's not something that's really alien to us.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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Children are the most honest critics. They will say 'You're funny', but also 'You're pathetic - go away.'
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I don't think the narrative I was stuck in - the 'black' designer category - was going to go away anytime soon.
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I'll spend the rest of my life chasing that feeling I had on 'The Grey,' because I think we're all aware that, first and foremost, we were having an adventure, and we were also making this movie at the same time.
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I grew up in a little town in Minnesota, 500 people. I went out to Princeton, and I wasn't very well-accepted out there by the fancy folks of Princeton University, I felt. I came away bruised and feeling rejected.
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There needs to be more deliberate effort on the part of folks at VC firms to bring in a more diverse team of talent. You have to make a more concerted effort to bring in people who are different and who may not be in your network.
