Ava DuVernay Quotes
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Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.
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Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row.
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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From a gameplay standpoint, I've said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that's really what I'm interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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When Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, the balance sheet that reflects his economic stewardship could look very sickly indeed. He could become Labour's biggest liability, not its most marketable asset.
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Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate.
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I started singing very early. I was six or seven years old, and I was singing along to TV commercials and figuring out, 'Oh, hey, I can sing in tune. This is really cool.' But the songwriting thing came much much later, when I was 19 years old.
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq.
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I've always loved to perform in front of people, but it became pretty serious when I participated in 'Sweden's Got Talent.' I thought it would be a fun thing to do, and I was just like, 'OK, why not?' And Mom was like, 'OK, sure, sure, do this!' So I did, and I won it!
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What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!
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I always worked mostly in Quebec. I never thought of the States, somehow. I don't know - I don't have blue eyes or blond hair. I thought I didn't fit with the stereotype of America.
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When I was younger, my goal in life was to work in special FX makeup. Liquid latex and fake blood! That was the dream!
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He snatched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air, to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him. But it was all going by too fast now for his burred eyes and he knew that he had lost that part of it, the freshest and the best, forever.
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It's self-evident that we are going to have permanent problems with oil and gasoline and the prime resources that are needed to run the American suburbs. And we're just not going to be able to run them. You know, it's just unfortunate, it's tragic, but it's the truth.
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I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.
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When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films.
