#sm

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism. ↗

— Ang Lee

#comedy #cynicism #i #looking #making

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#conviction #criticism #honest #honest man #honesty

I always buy the smaller turkeys. On the pre-baste put pats of butter on the meat under the skin, put the skin back on, put a bunch of seasoning on the top, call it a day, put it in the oven. With a 10 - 12 pound turkey you are done in a couple of hours. ↗

— Sandra Lee

#back #bunch #butter #buy #call

If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism. ↗

— Spike Lee

#became #black #each #going #killing

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 dogged out in the media, they're just extra sensitive. ↗

— Spike Lee

#been #black #coming #criticisms #dogged

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

#affirmative #affirmative action #arrived #black #black and white

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#being #comes #last #makes #professional

Continually finding excuses for taking a small glass of brandy and water. ↗

— John Leech

#continually #excuses #finding #glass #small

In this loveless everyday life eroticism is a substitute for love. ↗

— Henri Lefebvre

#everyday #everyday life #life #love #substitute

I'm in the reporting part of journalism. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#journalism #part #reporting