Ava DuVernay Quotes

There was a time when I was knocking on doors and concerned with being recognized in dominant culture. I've found a space where the terrain is different, where I'm embraced by people like me, and where I'm building new ways of doing things, as opposed to trying to insert myself in a place that might not be welcoming.

Ava DuVernay

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In the work that I normally do, you have a whole script, a whole arc, that you play. And I do believe a good actor will play every bit of information they're given.

Jessica Pare

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I play with doing a forehead bun a lot, just a bantu knot right in front of the forehead and keep it in with a clip. And I like doing real pinup styles but based on my natural hair.

Andra Day

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Although almost every theoretical physicist agrees with my prediction that a black hole should glow like a hot body, it would be very difficult to verify experimentally because the temperature of a macroscopic black hole is so low.

Stephen Hawking

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If they say they don't like the way I play Beethoven, then I can swallow that, and maybe they're right. But if they don't like what I've written, then it's about me.

Stephen Hough

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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy.

Tom Robbins

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I'm nutty for nutrition. I've become one of those people who can't stop talking about the connection between food and health. Now that I know how much changing what you eat can transform your life, I can't stop proselytizing.

Robin Quivers

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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.

Lloyd Alexander

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I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.

Debbie Reynolds

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For many women, becoming a widow does not just mean the heartache of losing a husband, but often losing everything else as well.

Cherie Blair

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I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people.

Antonia Fraser

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It's always fun to put fake celebrities in unlikely situations, but somehow it's even more fun when politicians are involved.

Alison Jackson

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Republicans are listening and offering better solutions that get Washington out of your way, out of your pocket, and back on your side.

Phil Gingrey

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