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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
[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