Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind. - Spike Lee

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It is for the artist. . . in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.

Spike Lee

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

Endeavor, Film, Films, Hardest, Humankind

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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.

Believe, Fall, Lap, Let, Opportunity, Waiting

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.

Existence, Image, People, Powerful, Sit, Thinking

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.

Class, Dictate, Inspirational, Motivational, Students, Tough

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.

Black, Identity, People, Stripped

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

Born, May, Night, Yesterday

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Kether Donohue

I'll never forget, Christine Woods came up to me on set and she looked at me so seriously and held my hand, and she's like, "Kether, look at me. In real life, we are beautiful, beautiful women. No one thinks we're fat. In TV, we are TV fat and we just have to get used to it. Don't ever take it personally. We're TV fat. End of story".

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James Whistler

It is for the artist. . . in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.

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Nicholas Sparks

But you're disappointed. " He brushed a strand of hair from her face. "It's not possible for you to disappoint me.

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Jennifer Egan

I write fiction longhand. That's not so much about rejecting technology as being unable to write fiction on a computer for some reason. I don't think I would write it on a typewriter either. I write in a very blind gut instinctive way. It just doesn't feel right. There's a physical connection. And then in nonfiction that's not the case at all. I can't even imagine writing nonfiction by hand.

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Tod Machover

The English learned, in my view, how to use harmony much earlier than the French or the Italians, or the Germans.

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