Dee Rees Quotes

You don't get to hand footnotes to the audience or explain what you were trying to do and what it's supposed to be. Everything has to be on the screen, and it has to be clear.

Dee Rees

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TryingYouHandExplainEverything

I've always enjoyed interleague play. It gives you a chance to see different clubs, to go to different places. It gives you a good chance to see where you are, where you stand with other teams.

Jim Thome

GoodChanceStandYouPlayGo

I think often we like to talk about the strength of black women, and really, that can become an interesting stereotypical trap - that these women are so strong, that they don't fear anything, they don't need help, and they have no vulnerabilities. Well, that's not a human person! That takes away a lot of the humanity as well.

Jeryl Prescott

StrengthFearWomenStrongThink

There's a danger of some of the best people saying, 'I don't want a career in science.'

John Gurdon

ScienceBestPeopleSayingCareer

I love Terry Porter.

Amar'e Stoudemire

LoveI LoveTerryPorter

In hip-hop, what you have is you have a lot of formulaic-type bands or rappers that come up. They saw something on the radio, and they want to mimic that formula. And that's just boring. I don't wanna record something just to make money; I want to record something to enjoy it and have fun because I'm a music lover.

Sir Mix-a-Lot

MusicMoneyFunHave FunEnjoyYou

I know why I'm here. I know why I was placed in music, and it's not by coincidence.

Tory Lanez

MusicKnowWhyCoincidenceHere

I think, in general, as a writer, you can't really hide your values. They're always going to fall out onto the page, and I tend to trust that I don't have to force my ideals into the expression of what's going to happen naturally.

Travis Beacham

TrustThinkYouValuesFallHide

No one ever let me be a bad guy once I started working more frequently after I got out of college and started pursuing acting. I just got all of the good-guy roles because if I walk in the room, not a lot of people believe me as a bad guy.

Tom Everett Scott

WalkPeopleCollegeMeBelieveBad

I like to interpret 'Call me a River', as if I'm saying, 'Now you're telling me you love me after all that, and I'm telling you to shove off.' That's my interpretation. But I would never 'say' that because somebody else might interpret the song in another way.

Diana Krall

LoveRiverMeSongSayingLove Me

I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory.

Denis Leary

GoodFunPlayingGood GuysJust

Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?

Brion James

CareerWhoKnewBladeEverybody

We spend more than a million dollars a year on our colleges and university, and it is money well spent; but we must have education that fits not the few but the many for the business of life.

Arthur Capper

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