Ava DuVernay Quotes
I financed and made my own films from the start. My path has been autonomous and independent, so I don't have any horror stories about glass ceilings and expectations and tense studio meetings.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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I certainly didn't reach out to my old assets and ask 'em how they're doing, although I would have liked to.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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I'm a hybrid, and I kind of like that. Raised by African parents, growing up I lived between Burkina Faso and Stains, a suburb just outside of Paris. In Stains, I had all the cultures in the world on my doorstep, and that opens up your mind.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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That's the great thing with the WWE. They want you to be like John Cena, they want you to be like The Rock, and they definitely give you that platform.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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Emotionally, shows like 'Cheers' and 'Taxi' were classic sitcoms when I was growing up.
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Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.
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Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.
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Enterprise is hard work. You have to integrate the client with the optimized systems of all the servers and software.
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As the culture war is about irreconcilable beliefs about God and man, right and wrong, good and evil, and is at root a religious war, it will be with us so long as men are free to act on their beliefs.
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The path that I chose was simple - it was the exact path I should've taken, and I have no regrets at all.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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This band has never had an argument. It's just amazing.
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I financed and made my own films from the start. My path has been autonomous and independent, so I don't have any horror stories about glass ceilings and expectations and tense studio meetings.
