Dee Rees Quotes

I think Charlottesville was shocking for some, but it wasn't for me or for my family, I mean, because I grew up in 1980s Nashville.

Dee Rees

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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FamilyMeThinkMeanNashvilleUp

The body of work I create combines traditional storylines and postmodern narrative strategies to approach themes such as belonging, identity politics and conflict, as well as the push towards - and resistance against - modernization.

Aman Mojadidi

WorkPoliticsIdentityConflictPush

I try to do collaborations with as many artists as possible. It's really excellent and fun to actually work with another songwriter.

Jason Molina

WorkFunPossibleTryArtistsMany

It's so awesome to be a part of something that is successful not because there's a famous person in it or because it's a revival of something, but because it's so fresh and original.

Jonathan Groff

FamousPersonAwesomeFreshOriginal

Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started.

Dr. Dre

LifeMusicImprovementDayMy Life

It doesn't matter that I'm taking a fight on a month's notice. I've taken many fights on two seconds' notice.

Brian Ortega

FightMatterTwoMonthNoticeTaken

Very few people are fortunate enough to walk through countries like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, and I had seen them all. I had spoken to many on the street.

Ashleigh Banfield

WalkPeopleEnoughStreetThrough

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

Alfred Nobel

MeWritingImpossibleFeelI Feel

Abjure all accretions and turn off the lights. Put on some music - Leonard Cohen, say, perhaps his 'Various Positions' - and let your mind cool down. Soon you'll forget there's a word called 'stress.'

Pico Iyer

MusicStressMindCoolYouDown

We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found.

Sharon Salzberg

FutureMomentCompassionTraining

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

Scott Hamilton

ConfidenceGoldWinSayingYouSure

In Miami, there's a Latin flavor, and I just love every bit of it.

Ryan Guzman

LoveMiamiFlavorJustEveryLatin

If the Age of Sport has been all champagne and roses hitherto, then expect our love affair with its newly-acquired prominence to become increasingly tainted by scandals about cheating. Sport is losing its shine and allure.

Martin Jacques

LoveAgeLosingShineCheatingBeen

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