"I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter."
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"If you don't fail, you're not even trying."
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"Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though."
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"The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe."
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"The greatest lesson I've learned in life is "Who knows what's good or bad?" Things come along that you really want, and they turn out to be the worst thing in the world. And some of the worst tragedies that you can conceive turn out to be the best things, the exact medicine you need in that moment."
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"Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and fueling the fires of unrest that clearly hasn't been the case. Vote based on merits, not to fill a racial quota."
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"Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me."
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"Luck is where opportunity meets preparation."
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"I believe in God. I don't fear man, I fear God."
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"You can’t break me because you didn’t make me."
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"My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace."
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"You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it."
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"True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already."
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"Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do."
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"Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment."
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"Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward."
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"Writing is a weapon and it’s more powerful than a fist could ever be."
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"For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me."
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"When we shot "Cry Freedom," I wasn't even allowed in South Africa. They told me I could come but I wasn't going to leave. I had heavy death threats at that time. So we shot in Zimbabwe. In 1995, I had the privilege and the honor to meet Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela the same day: I had breakfast with Desmond Tutu and lunch with Nelson Mandela. Then I had the good fortune to have Mr. Mandela actually come to my house in California. There's been a tremendous amount of change."
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"A film is just like a muffin. You make it. You put it on the table. One person might say, 'Oh, I don't like it.' One might say it's the best muffin ever made. One might say it's an awful muffin. It's hard for me to say. It's for me to make the muffin."
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