Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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When I went out to shoot for the first time, I thought this was going to be about the prison industrial complex, purely about prison for profit and the ways in which there's an industry making money and profiting off punishment.

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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