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" I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated. "

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Do The Right Thing

" You're this rat in the American maze, working your way towards the cheese, which is a job. "

" I think there's true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of. "

" Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know? "

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" I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that. "

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Beautiful Woman

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American History

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" When I see my children, and when I see the people who value me, I know how lucky I am. "