Lee Daniels Quotes

Putting on a movie is like going to war - for me, at least. It's all about time; time is money, and we don't have it. So it's all about getting to know each other intimately quickly. You are with family members that you like or don't like, but you can't leave them because you're stuck with them.

Lee Daniels

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 24, 1959

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You have to show the character is confused or scared or happy through your voice instead of with your face and body.

Joey King

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To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.

John McDonald

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I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written.

Robert M. Gates

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I came to New York late; I was already past 30.

Jeffrey Tambor

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The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth.

Ang Lee

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Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys.

Stephen Hopkins

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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

Sidney Lumet

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My father was always very interested in space. I watch Star Trek and all those things, but I always had a different picture in my mind... maybe closer to Alien. I don't see it in space as much as I do see it in different planets, with each having its own strange characters.

Sigourney Weaver

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I just can't resist mutton biryani. It's something I've loved eating as a child too. Whenever I'm feeling low, I just pep myself with some good biryani.

Riteish Deshmukh

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Anthologizing is a dusty sport, half antique hunting and half literary gossip fest, and I love it.

Michael Sims

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The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.

Diane Ravitch

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I think that I, because of student government and because of working in Baltimore, knew how to be creative with very little resources.

DeRay Mckesson

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