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You always avoid direct eye contact, you know that? Are you afraid of something? Are you afraid that I might see the real you? Huh? Answer me. Come on, answer me.

— Spike Lee Mo' Better Blues (1990)

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In life, there are times to be quiet, and there are times to shut the fuck up. This is one of those times.

School Daze (1988)

Everybody's a teacher. People can teach you two things, what to do and what not to do.

Mo' Better Blues (1990)

I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.

Mo' Better Blues (1990)

I know that it's painful at times, but we're not making this up. The depths of degradation in cartoons, movies, and television shows, the misrepresentation of a people - it's an American legacy. Not just in television or movies, but in all media.

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