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There is ample evidence that the horrific events of Sept. 11 have been carefully manipulated to switch public focus from Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, who masterminded the Sept. 11th attacks, to Saddam Hussein, who did not.

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Spike Lee

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.

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I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times, an opportunity might fall into your lap, but you have to be ready for that opportunity. You can’t sit there waiting on it. A lot of times you are going to have to get out there and make it happen.

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I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence.

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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 students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

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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 define who we are.

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I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.

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