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Ava DuVernay Quotes

Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: August 24, 1972

Topics

Day Forward Reach You Goal Single

The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!

Best Me Growing Up Gift Jazz Silver

I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.

School Sister Writing Class Top Lit

I read everything. When I say everything, I read everything: children's literature, Y.A., science fiction, fantasy, romance - I read it all. Each genre fulfills a different need I have. Each book teaches me something.

Science Children Me Book Literature

I like to think of myself as the host at a party, and, if everybody is having a good time, so much the better.

Good Time Myself Having A Good Time

I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers, I like reading the blogs, I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry.

Nature Love Me Reading Talking News

I love my closet, and I always buy things that I love 100 percent. I'm very organized, and I like everything sorted by colors, even the shoes. It's important to know exactly where everything is when you walk into the closet.

Love Shoes Walk Colors You Know

The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.

Inspirational Teacher Time Quality

Cooking ought to be, quite literally, child's play. And every child ought to have access to the game. Just don't tell them it's healthy.

Stephanie Coontz

Cooking Child Game Play Healthy

Here's my challenge to the real men out there; it's very simple. If you have a good marriage, talk about it. If you love your wife, say it. If some moron tells you that you're merely a 'newlywed' or that you're still just 'too young to understand,' correct them.

Love Good Marriage Challenge Simple

I love John Waters. There's stuff in it that's beyond the boundaries of my taste, but his movies have always been like that.

Love Movies Beyond Boundaries Taste

I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out there that are going through this even now, that it is the hardest thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it.

Family World Think Nobody Know Now

I love '30 Rock.' Absolutely love it. It's a game-changing show.

Love Rock Show Absolutely I Love

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