Spike Lee Quotes

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

Spike Lee

Recitation: by Male by Female

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SleepI AmMeNightRestThink

The first time I saw 'Sunset Boulevard' I was probably eight or nine years old, and it really struck me how it's so simply put and elegant, yet there's so much going on.

Jennifer Lynch

SunsetTimeMeFirst TimeOldFirst

Music was transmitted over the airwaves in the '60s - for free, even - astonishingly enough without Bit Torrent.

Andrew Rosenthal

MusicFreeEnoughOverWithoutEven

I try to write every day, preferably first thing in the morning. Of course, there are days when something happens to interfere with this ideal schedule. Then I try to find time later in the day. I usually work at home, but sometimes, for a change I'll go to a library or a cafe. And I like to read poetry before I sit down to write.

Sigrid Nunez

WorkChangeHomeMorningTimeDay

Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off.

Rob Halford

YourselfSomeoneEasyYouOffKnock

Make sure you are doing something you love to do when working out. Nobody likes to work, so when you do choose a workout, make it something you enjoy doing. You won't stick with it if you hate it and if it feels like work. Find something fun. My favorite thing to do is Jujitsu.

Miesha Tate

WorkLoveHateFunDoingChoose

I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr. Seuss and 'Go, Dog. Go!,' thinking, 'Oh yeah, that's funny. I'd like to do that.' And then writing throughout school, but at the same time I was studying pre-med stuff, because my mom told me I should be a doctor.

Jon Scieszka

FunnyDogTimeSchoolMeMom

At the same time that Donald Trump was facing a federal discrimination lawsuit for refusing to rent to minority families, Hillary Clinton risked her own safety to seek out the truth, to comfort the afflicted, and to make a home for justice where there was none. It was at the Children's Defense Fund that I met Hillary.

Donna Brazile

HomeTruthChildrenTimeJustice

Actors are divas, and we all make too much noise and complain too much, so if you don't do that, it makes you rather exceptional, apparently.

Doug Jones

YouToo MuchComplainNoiseRather

One thing I've always liked about the military is there's a certain amount of pragmatism.

Phil Klay

MilitaryAlwaysOne ThingPragmatism

I don't really read non-fiction, but I have grown up on a steady diet of Wodehouse and, of course, science fiction.

Twinkle Khanna

ScienceDietScience FictionSteady

I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all the things that I want, and I'm not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that's why they identify with me.

Rihanna

LoveWomenHopeFreedomMeThink

I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.

Lev Grossman

ThinkMagicKnowFantasyI Think

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