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I think that every minority in the United States of America knows everything about the dominant culture. From the time you can think, you are bombarded with images from TV, film, magazines, newspapers. ↗

— Spike Lee

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I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school. ↗

— Spike Lee

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I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets. ↗

— Spike Lee

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I suppose it's amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don't work. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

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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 to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable. ↗

— Spike Lee

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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. ↗

— Spike Lee

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People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world. ↗

— Spike Lee

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People think I'm this angry black man walking around in a constant state of rage. ↗

— Spike Lee

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Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and something I hope I'll never have to do. ↗

— Spike Lee

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There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled. ↗

— Spike Lee

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