Spike Lee Quotes

I think that every minority in the United States of America knows everything about the dominant culture. From the time you can think, you are bombarded with images from TV, film, magazines, newspapers.

Spike Lee

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And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.

Jennie Finch

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I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.' I don't want to be part of that.

Matthew McConaughey

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I continue to wish that writing were easier, that it would flow out completely perfect with no need for revisions.

Ann Turner

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I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.

Simon Cowell

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I had a fabulous childhood. Not many people have an outdoor tennis court that you're allowed to put your ponies on and pretend you're at Hickstead.

Louise Wilson

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No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.

Chuck Hagel

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The older I get, I realize, 'Man, I'm a very rare bird,' and that's not because of necessarily my talent or ability; it so much depends on luck and just the grace of the universe.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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The only subject I know anything about is myself and I don't know that too clearly.

William Shatner

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My first significant break was when I was 15, going on 16, and my cousin Courtney 'Bear' Sills told me you can make a career out of writing songs. He was the one who put me in with 112. The first song I did with 112 was 'We Can Do It Anywhere.'

Poo Bear

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The one thing I've discovered about social media is that people love answering questions. In fact, it sometimes feels like at any given moment, millions of people are online who have been waiting for exactly the question you fire off.

Susan Orlean

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My mother and father didn't know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, 'My, the man play that guitar nice.'

Peter Tosh

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I have 17 nieces and nephews, who are a pure delight. We have hiked and biked and fasted and prayed together.

Sheri L. Dew

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