Ava DuVernay Quotes

Diversity is not one in the room. Diversity is not two in the room. Diversity is not three in the room. True diversity is half the room.

Ava DuVernay

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DiversityThreeTrueTwoRoomHalf

Dre's from Compton, I'm from Brooklyn, and we both wanted to make a better life for ourselves, right? And we both - somehow, we're both recording engineers, that's how we got our break.

Jimmy Iovine

LifeBetterBrooklynEngineersRight

There's no doubt in my mind that people on the West Coast - L.A. particularly - and the East Coast have no clue at all about what's happening outside their own little bailiwick. And they think everybody is stupid because they are not sophisticated.

Andy Williams

PeopleMindStupidThinkDoubtOwn

There is no conscious choice of heterosexual identity any more than there is a homosexual one. The last person in the world who wants to be homosexual, for the most part, are homosexuals.

Michael Eric Dyson

IdentityWorldChoicePersonMore

I started at the bottom. Nobody has given me anything.

Ana Patricia Botin

MeNobodyAnythingBottomStarted

If there is illness in your home, do you not need a doctor from outside? If your home catches on fire, do you not need fire fighters from outside? God has sent me to America in the role of a doctor, in the role of a fire fighter.

Sun Myung Moon

HomeGodFireMeDoctorAmerica

I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.

Luis Bunuel

LifeWaitI CanFinalEraseOnly

I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?

Luke Bryan

JudgeArtistCountrySayWho Am I

The most important thing in my life is to live my life and enjoy it - to do what I think is right and what I think is good.

Jaye Davidson

LifeGoodLiveThinkMy LifeEnjoy

Sometimes there are films like 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' which turned out better than it deserved to be, but in the case of 'Edge of Tomorrow,' there was just such enthusiasm from fans.

Doug Liman

TomorrowBetterEnthusiasmEdgeOut

I'm a risk taker and I've always been like that, especially when it comes to fashion.

Christina Aguilera

FashionRiskAlwaysBeenLike

People on the outside and even some people in the fashion industry think that fashion people are maybe not the smartest. It's a constant battle.

Prabal Gurung

PeopleFashionThinkBattleOutside

I think 'immigration' is a bad word for many Republicans.

Pete Gallego

ThinkImmigrationBadWordI Think

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