Spike Lee quotes
“I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.”
“People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.”
- From the movie: Girl 6
“Don't ya know the black woman is the mother of civilization?”
- From the movie: School Daze
“- Julian: Half-Pint, how tall are you?
- Half-Pint: Five feet, five inches.
- Julian: You are a five foot, five inch piece of shit.” - From the movie: Do the Right Thing
- From the movie: Jungle Fever
“- Flipper Purify: I was curious - so I jumped on it.
- Cyrus: Literally.” - From the movie: Jungle Fever
- From the movie: She's Gotta Have It
“Nola's about as dependable as a ripped diaphragm.”
- From the movie: Do the Right Thing
“- Mookie: Pino, fuck you, fuck your fucking pizza, and fuck Frank Sinatra.
- Pino: Yeah? Well fuck you too, and fuck Michael Jackson.” - From the movie: Do the Right Thing
“Dago, wop, guinea, garlic-breath, pizza-slingin', spaghetti-bendin', Vic Damone, Perry Como, Luciano Pavarotti, Sole Mio, nonsingin' motherfucker.”
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