Ava DuVernay Quotes
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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What I remember most about high school are the memories I created with my friends.
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I don't know what it is about me. I don't know if there's something strange... but I continue to play aliens, so there's obviously something there.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
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When writers don't know what to do with a character, they build up the supporting cast and universe to kind of hide that fact. After a while, you can no longer see the character for the underbrush. When that happens, you need to bring out the weed-whacker to clear some of that away so you can focus on the main character.
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You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke.
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I would love to do something like 'Beverly Hills Cop'. I'd get to be funny and cool and heroic all in the same breath.
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Even when I turn 60, they'll call me a child actor.
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Russians don't complain, usually.
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We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.
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Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.
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Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
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I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.
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I must admit that I am not generous with weak people. It's not in my nature or in my personality. My parents were not generous with weak people, see?
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Bob Hope: Let's not do any jokes we didn't plan on, eh.
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I know that sometimes it happens that a novelist is embarrassed about their early works. For me, it's the opposite: I believe 'Durable Goods' is the best thing I've written.
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The history of economic progress consists of charging a fee for what once was free.
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You take the best ingredients - the best cocoa beans - and you process them in the best traditional way, and you have the best chocolate.
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The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us.
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I'm a filmmaker to my bones.
