Ava DuVernay Quotes
When we're talking about diversity, it's not a box to check. It is a reality that should be deeply felt and held and valued by all of us.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
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Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.
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In combat sports, personalities are what draw.
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The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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When anyone recognizes you on the street, they are always very nice and genuine and excited to meet you.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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If you are going to make a change, don't go halfway. Make it with conviction and stick with your new idea. Ignore the scoffers. Remember, it is a law of nature that if something is different you're going to be taunted, jeered, and told the world is flat. Let the doubters fall off the edge.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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I've cooked plenty of meals when I was sad, lonely, depressed, angry, bored, and/or under the weather. My primary aim in these circumstances is generally to cheer myself up, to fill my stomach with something warm so I can feel comforted and fed, usually just with a quick soup or an omelet.
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Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.
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Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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Today we can say that at last the director writes the film. The image--its plastic composition and the way it is set in time, because it is founded on a much higher degree of realism--has at its disposal more means of manipulating reality and of modifying it from within. The film-maker is no longer the competitor of the painter and the playwright, he is, at last the equal of the novelist
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One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.
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I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to. It used to get me into trouble as a child.
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Our flight was super delayed from London. There was a minute where we though it was only going to cancel.
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When we're talking about diversity, it's not a box to check. It is a reality that should be deeply felt and held and valued by all of us.
