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[ Age Of Trump] was something that I really wanted to do, and I also really wanted it to feel evergreen, so we made a lot of attempts not to bog it down in the campaign fight, even though we were right in the middle of that. I wanted it to be something that could live on and be a conversation piece long after this inauguration, whoever it was going to be.

Ava Duvernay's Popular Quotes

When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy.

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There’s something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It’s a different perspective. It is a reflection …

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Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the back, or if…

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I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.

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Don't wait for permission to do something creative.

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I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.

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

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

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If you have the ability to do something, you should do it.

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