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Quote by Spike Lee
My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a sl

My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her childrens education. – Spike Lee

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A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didnt intend to be there. – Spike Lee

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Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith. – Spike Lee

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I dont think Im a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. – Spike Lee

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The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education. – John Conyers

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