Ava DuVernay Quotes
Artists should be free to create what we want. I believe there's a special value in work that is a reflection of oneself as opposed to interpretation. When I see a film or a TV show about black people not written by someone who's black, it's an interpretation of that life.
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I'm a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don't like it. I'm just chillin'. YouknowwhatI'msayin'?
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If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide audience because you aren't making a movie for just France or Germany; it's for everyone in the world.
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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I mean, if you're proud of what you've done when you've served in the military, well then we call that bragging. And if you are unhappy about what happened, we call that complaining. And so what are you going to do?
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You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.
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I have the most beautiful souls in my life supporting me and helping me to follow my dreams. I love them more than I can ever express in words.
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I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.
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The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar.
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Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It's just about as remote as any tourist destination on earth, but one that pays fabulous dividends.
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Artists should be free to create what we want. I believe there's a special value in work that is a reflection of oneself as opposed to interpretation. When I see a film or a TV show about black people not written by someone who's black, it's an interpretation of that life.
