Spike Lee Quotes

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.

Spike Lee

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Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit.

Joe Wright

LifeGoKnowNeverBehaveFilm

One or two people have named their children after characters in my songs. That's pretty intense.

John Darnielle

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I arrive a month premature, with my dad's brains but not much else.

Stephen Rodrick

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Madonna influenced me a lot. She's all about really being yourself and not giving a care in the world, and I really take after that.

Sofia Richie

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Nobody would have me in their laboratory for five minutes. I couldn't cut up a frog, and I certainly couldn't perform surgery. I'm better at making it possible for other people.

Mary Lasker

PeopleMeBetterNobodyPossibleUp

People in the news media after I got caught said how could you have not caught this guy? He had 50 corrections in four years. That's a lot of corrections. Well what they failed to look at is how many stories there were and out of 700 plus stories, 50 corrections is not a high amount.

Jayson Blair

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'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will.

Dawn Richard

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I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised.

Brendan Coyle

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I have trouble sleeping maybe one night a year. On that special night, I get up and read on the couch until I fall asleep.

Brad Feld

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Once upon a time, I could sing three hours. Now, when you see me say 'I'm done,' I'm done; ain't nothing left till the next night.

Bobby Womack

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Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord.

Pope Benedict XVI

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An enormous number of mothers in the U.S. are working double time, graveyard shifts, and more than one job just to put food on the table for their kids.

Tina Brown

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