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“If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.”
Source : "Filmmaker Ava DuVernay". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 9, 2012.
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“There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.”
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“The challenge is to develop visions, strategies, design and innovation, not just for surviving but for thriving in this new globalising society.”
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“If you say to people that they, as a matter of fact, can't protect their conversations, in particular their political conversations, I think you take a long step toward making a transition from a free society to a totalitarian society.”
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“Smoking is the only honorable form of suicide.”
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“Many of my short fictions use theatre as a metaphor for situations in which characters find themselves estranged from the larger, uncontrollable world that may or may not lie beyond the proscenium arch.”
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“Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.”
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“You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.”
Source : "Conservatives press Cameron to call up Clarke and Davis" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2008.