Ava DuVernay Quotes

I've been to Sundance eight times as a publicist and thought I was very prepared. I mean, who could've been more prepared for me? A publicist who's been there eight times. Getting there as a filmmaker was a completely surreal, different, unexpected experience.

Ava DuVernay

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ExperienceMeThoughtUnexpected

My husband is my most valuable resource.

Meg Rosoff

HusbandResourceValuableMost

My mother was a dramatic and egocentric person, and she died before my father, who died of Alzheimer's disease. But I'd often thought, God, we were so lucky that was the order in which they died because she would have felt put upon.

Sue Miller

FatherMotherGodThoughtPerson

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

Mary Baker Eddy

ExperiencePrayerBlessingsAskUs

I come from a big, loud family, and I'm the quieter one. Performing is something I have to switch on. I've heard I get real sassy onstage, which I'm not in real life! It's fun to be that person for an hour a night.

Lorde

LifeFamilyFunNightPersonSassy

Mormons know that it's not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion.

Jonah Peretti

ReligionEnoughYouKnowSpread

I gave up on the national team - I thought to myself, 'Well, that's just not something that's going to happen for me.' The national team was in residency camp; I was 6,000 miles away. Nobody was watching, nobody cared... I'm just going to go play for myself and my team and try to be great... and I had more fun than I'd have ever had.

Christen Press

GreatMyselfFunMeTeamThought

The road is a lot of work.

Christina Aguilera

WorkRoadLot

I love mayors.

Cory Booker

LoveI LoveMayors

The biggest part of my life is my son.

Bobby Cannavale

LifeSonMy LifePartBiggest

People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.

Brooks Atkinson

ResponsibilityPeopleThinkingEnjoy

I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way.

Anupam Kher

PlayWaySameKindsDifferentOnly

It's crazy that, as women, we are taught to be cute and nice and polite when we should learn to be less nice sometimes.

Pom Klementieff

WomenCuteCrazyLearnNiceShould

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