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Been Quotes by Spike Lee
- I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have…
- You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my…
- There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and makes them think…
- It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to…
- It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.
- '25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that…
- Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since…
- I think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the energy is just…
- People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing.' But I've been working…
- The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. Social Media was writing letters, making phone calls, beating the…
- I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of criticisms are coming from because black people have been so…
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- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end… — Hank Aaron
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle