Ava DuVernay Quotes
If, in 2014, we're still making 'white savior movies,' then it's just lazy and unfortunate. We've grown up as a country, and cinema should be able to reflect what's true. And what's true is that black people are the center of their own lives and should tell their own stories from their own perspectives.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even halfway through. Our bass player, whose name is also Nate, ended up reading all three novels and loved them.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.
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You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.
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I'm inhabiting a life I'm not supposed to be in... and at certain times in my life, I have felt a wrongness. And not a moral wrongness but a sense that this isn't what I was born to be doing.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.
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I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.
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I don't have a set image. In fact, I would be curious to know how someone slots me.
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Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.
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I think you never leave what you learn.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.
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I don't really know how to thank the Academy for this. And if I try we'll be here till Christmas. So I better get on...
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If, in 2014, we're still making 'white savior movies,' then it's just lazy and unfortunate. We've grown up as a country, and cinema should be able to reflect what's true. And what's true is that black people are the center of their own lives and should tell their own stories from their own perspectives.
