Ava DuVernay Quotes

Positive characterizations are complex characterizations. That's all we need to know. They shouldn't be saccharine. They shouldn't feel like medicine.

Ava DuVernay

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PositiveMedicineFeelKnowNeed

Such a thing as ending unemployment would never occur to Washington politicians because their corporate backers depend on the threat of unemployment to keep wages down.

Jill Stein

EndingDownWashingtonNeverDepend

I've had more acne as an adult than I had as a teenager. After weaning babies, my skin's gone totally bonkers. I didn't even know about dermatologists until I had weaned my first baby, and my skin was so damaged. It was just beyond. And then, I realized, there's a whole doctor who can help you with this.

Jennifer Garner

BabyDoctorHelpYouSkinKnow

To the extent that I can add value and make my country a better place, that's a good thing to do.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

GoodValueBetterI CanPlaceMake

The sax solo as we know it today would not exist without Gerry Rafferty. His 1978 soft-rock classic 'Baker Street' has to be the 'Ulysses' of rock & roll saxophone, giving the entire chorus over to Raphael Ravenscroft's sax solo, creating one of the Seventies' most enduringly creepy sounds.

Rob Sheffield

TodayGivingCreatingKnowStreet

When we pray to Buddha, we are not praying to a piece of stone, an image of Buddha, but we pray to the soul of Buddha behind the piece of stone. The souls of the people who are dead now are still with us.

Rithy Panh

SoulPeopleStoneNowDeadImage

I sing a little bit in videos, at the end of vlogs. A lot of my fans started requesting that I do a song. They started planting this seed in me.

Rosanna Pansino

MeSongSeedEndLittleFans

Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

PositiveEducationWomenHealthCare

I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.

Luke Bryan

RoadDirtHeadKeepJustQuite

Our military personnel sacrifice for us, and we need to stand up for them.

Lois Frankel

SacrificeStand UpStandNeedUpUs

Often in gothic novels there's a large house, an estate, and it's symbolic of that culture. Usually it's sort of moldering or rotted or something, and sometimes it's a whole community.

Joyce Carol Oates

CommunityCultureHouseSometimes

I'm not with a label, so I haven't ever felt pressure to be a certain way. I've got a cool team who just love music.

Jorja Smith

LoveMusicTeamCoolPressureWay

People all the time say to me, 'You look just like Don Lemon,' and I would go, 'I hear that all the time! 'And after a moment, I would go, 'I am Don Lemon!'

Don Lemon

TimeMomentI AmPeopleMeLook

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