Ava DuVernay Quotes

All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who are creative to do what they need to do without having institutions block their art.

Ava DuVernay

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Everyday I walked on to the field I was the best center.

Jim Otto

BestEverydayCenterFieldWalked

Apple knows a lot of data. Facebook knows a lot of data. Amazon knows a lot of data. Microsoft used to, and still does with some people, but in the newer world, Microsoft knows less and less about me. Xbox still knows a lot about people who play games. But those are the big five, I guess.

Robert Scoble

PeopleMeWorldDataApplePlay

Directing myself definitely made me a better actor. And, you know, I think actors have the best track record when they turn to directing. Writers, too. I knew how to direct actors because I've been there and I know what I like.

Matt Dillon

MyselfBestMeThinkBetterYou

I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate observations, careful thoughts, wild ideas, and deep emotions as I can before that day occurs.

Amy Tan

ExperienceDayIdeasThoughtsDeep

There's something very fine and lucid and rich in this tradition of the English actor.

Roger Rees

RichTraditionActorSomethingFine

I love the idea of a woman being able to discover the idea of power this way, on such a scale. And I don't know about that, what it means - well, I guess I'd better, or my part's in trouble.

Mary McDonnell

LovePowerWomanBetterTroubleWay

I first found delight in the Sabbath many years ago when, as a busy surgeon, I knew that the Sabbath became a day for personal healing. By the end of each week, my hands were sore from repeatedly scrubbing them with soap, water, and a bristle brush. I also needed a breather from the burden of a demanding profession.

Russell M. Nelson

WaterDayHealingBusyEndHands

For a long time, I was an assistant in the NFL to George Allen, and George was paranoid that other teams were cheating on him... that they were offering bounties, that they were wiring our locker room, that they were putting food poisoning into the pregame meal of the other team's stars, stuff like that.

Marv Levy

StarsTimeFoodTeamCheatingLong

I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs.

Miley Cyrus

TogetherWritingFourSongsShelves

Sometimes what is 'real' because it takes place in the physical world, like 9/11, is so unreal on the level of the soul. Then other things, which in terms of the physical world seem so magical and unbelievable, on the level of the soul seem very real.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

SoulWorldPlaceSometimesReal

I feel like if it's a good song on a guitar, it's a good song no matter what.

Astrid S

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I love cola.

Paula Patton

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