Ava DuVernay Quotes
We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film with black people in it - I've been told that in rooms, big rooms, studio rooms, and I know that's not true.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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I think I'm bad luck for Tiger because he missed the cut in Charlotte with me. But yeah, those are two of the best players of all time. Tiger's the best player of all time in my opinion, so when he's not in the field, it's a relief because he's such a great player.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.
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No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland.
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I believe the people of the U.S. are peace-loving people.
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What we do is entertainment. We entertain people. Sometimes we inspire people, but sometimes we are just a way to fill their time.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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I hear poets complaining: 'We face what our forebears did not face. We face TV. We face radio. We face this and that.'
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We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film with black people in it - I've been told that in rooms, big rooms, studio rooms, and I know that's not true.
