Ava DuVernay Quotes
I think good publicists are just like good mommies - always looking out, making sure folks are comfortable and making sure that folks are on time and making sure that folks are getting what they need and know what they need to do.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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There is not one New York but thousands - mixed-up conurbations and microclimates with their own internal logics and charms, dreams and juxtapositions, faces and tongues.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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I'm Bam Margera. And I feel like kicking my dad's butt all day today.
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People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things.
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What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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When I went to college, I met a new group of friends and looked back on my high-school experience and realized how much time I had wasted on trying to make myself something I wasn't.
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I think good publicists are just like good mommies - always looking out, making sure folks are comfortable and making sure that folks are on time and making sure that folks are getting what they need and know what they need to do.
