Ava DuVernay Quotes
It's emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview.
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To be 23 and riding the crest of a song sweeping the world country by country is to live an altered and wholly rarefied existence.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.
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When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
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Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!
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I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.
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It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.
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The question I am most often asked is how do I find my ideas? The answer is I don't. Ideas find me. A character in history will suddenly step right out of the past and demand a book. Generally, people don't bother to speak to me unless there's a good chance that I'll take them on.
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People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.
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Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, 'I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.' That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So, naturally, we are glad to see them.
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It's emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview.
