Dee Rees Quotes

I had originally written 'Pariah' as a feature, and we shot the first act as a short film, and then we used the short as a marketing tool to fundraise for the feature.

Dee Rees

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Ben Carson was appointed to be the HUD secretary. He knows nothing about the mission of HUD. He doesn't care about people in public housing. He believes that if you are poor, it is your own fault. And he doesn't know the difference between an immigrant and a slave.

Maxine Waters

PeopleCareMissionYouKnowPoor

There is no international problem that can be addressed or solved without the engagement and leadership of the United States and everybody in the world knows that, its just fact of life. So sometimes I think we could conduct ourselves with a little more humility.

Robert M. Gates

LifeLeadershipHumilityWorldThink

I'm concerned about people being happy.

Matt Stone

HappyPeopleBeing HappyBeingAbout

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

Amos Lee

HopeSoulPeopleMeFeelI Can

You can read a character that feels amazing, but if the world around it and all the writing around it - even the way the stage descriptions are written - don't feel just right, then you know there's no point in doing the project. No character is ever bigger than the whole film.

Riz Ahmed

CharacterAmazingWritingWorldYou

I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.

Lois Lowry

ActionThinkPersonHeavyBeenNone

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

Judith Guest

PeopleMeCardsSome PeopleDeal

I invite a lot of my friends to some of the performances that I do locally, and some of them know that I'm involved with music, but they're not quite sure how. And so it's kind of fun to play golf with a lot of my friends and then invite them to hear me sing once in a while.

Johnny Mathis

MusicFunMeGolfFriendsPlay

Bill and Hillary Clinton have one central idea in their uncluttered, ambitious minds: Hillary in 2008. Let Bush get re-elected, use the '04 primaries and general election to clean out the underbrush of competing Democratic candidates, and proceed unimpeded to the '08 nomination.

Dick Morris

ElectionMindsCleanOutCompeting

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

Christopher Dodd

GrowthEnvironmentalGoHandLearned

It's true I have a side of me that isn't very adult. I can get very emotional about things. I can become crazy, act the clown.

Sylvie Guillem

MeCrazyI CanTrueBecomeClown

I see friends of mine who have kids and continue to do their art. It's deeply impressive. I can't even fit an Amazon return into the day. It's been sitting on my desk for two weeks.

Sheila Heti

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