"I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships."

Life, Movies, People, African

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"I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships."

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"Every man dies. Not every man lives."

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"Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision."

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"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."

Acting, Hell, Talking, Teachers

"When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous."

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"It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry."

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"I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view."

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"I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large."

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"Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative."

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"I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed."

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"Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior."

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"Will a loving God send a man to hell? The answer from Jesus and His teachings of the Bible is, clearly, “Yes!” He does not send man willingly, but man condemns himself to eternal hell because . . .he refuses God's way of salvation and the hope of eternal life with Him."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Instead of clinging to the only Lifeboat that can save, we have tossed overboard biblical truths in the name of [compromise], living on the edge of life, like the man who rides the parameter of a hurricane, daring it to sweep him away."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"There is always a path to our target, the problem is to discover it!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"Things past redress are now with me past care."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Some parts of life are lived in the shadows where the only sunlight you feel is the light you pray for."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Hate is hostility."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Money isn't the solution to your problems. It only lets you carry your unhappiness around in style."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"Collect memories, they are your precious property."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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