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Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much. — Anonymous

No. Sometimes these things happen. Life doesn't go the way we plan or hope, but we don't have to be so angry, do we?" He — Eowyn Ivey

I think I am a little jealous of women who have great girlfriends as adults. — Ava DuVernay

I could never have imagined that firing 67 people on national television would actually make me more popular, especially with the younger generation. — Donald Trump

Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal. — Ava DuVernay

At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy. — Ava DuVernay

You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them. — Ava DuVernay

I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry. — Ava DuVernay

We all have to recognise, no matter how great our strength, that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please. — Harry S. Truman

Proverbs 31:27: She looketh well to the way of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. — Sandra Dallas

He -it- was a specter! I stepped back, stunned. — Gail Carson Levine

The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance. — Brian Tracy

Stop asking, start doing. — Ava DuVernay

As long as you're in an environment where the worth of the project isn't based on the project but what its predecessors did, it's not truly inclusive. — Ava DuVernay

I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible. — Ava DuVernay

Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story. — Ava DuVernay

I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. — Ava DuVernay

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself. — Ava DuVernay

I tell the stories that are of interest to me. — Ava DuVernay

I think that women definitely have a special bond as friends that is hard to describe to men, and we don't often see that portrayed narratively. — Ava DuVernay

If your dream only includes you, it's too small. — Ava DuVernay

She was the light of our lives, our anchor, compass and vision. — Ralph Nader

Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black woman filmmaker. — Ava DuVernay

When you're in your lane, there's no traffic. — Ava DuVernay

Don't wait for permission to do something creative. — Ava DuVernay

I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed. — Ava DuVernay

You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth. — Katharine Hepburn

Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino. — Ava DuVernay

When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done. — Ava DuVernay

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

Wouldn't a laugh serve us better than to battle it out with our mortal souls? — Maureen Howard

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct. — Ava DuVernay

You can tell a lot about a person how they view sex ... . — Turcois Ominek

Ava DuVernay is my personal Phil Jackson. She's a perfect coach. — Omar Dorsey

[My guilty pleasure is a] deep, eco-unfriendly, hot bath. Preferably with a glass of champagne and someone sitting on the loo seat gossiping. — Prue Leith

Men think they already know me. But as they get closer and closer, they become that 14-year-old again. A lot of men do stammer and blush a little bit. — Cindy Morgan

Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through. — Ava DuVernay

Instead of expending time to train yourself not to be afraid of snakes, avoid them altogether. — Richard Koch

Film school was a privilege I could not afford. — Ava DuVernay

Those [old] days are gone ... accept the reality and do it. — Ava DuVernay

I still have nightmares about taking tests. — Caitlyn Jenner