"I tell the stories that are of interest to me."

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Ava DuVernay

#Stories Quotes #Interest Quotes

“I'd like to see the government back a programme of research into the medical properties of cannabis and I do not object to its responsible use as a recreational relaxant.”
“We are permitted to suppose that the relatively small size of the female brain depends in part upon her physical inferiority and in part upon her intellectual inferiority.”
“This idea of having back-up plans is ingrained into us to make us believe that that's the smart thing to do.”
“I'm somebody that has a very big competitive edge and a chip on my shoulder.”

Source : "Up Close with Erin Andrews". Interview with Kristen Aldridge, www.shape.com.
“It's Crazy when I watch myself on TV. I'm always thinking like 'oh no how could I have done that' and I go crazy like seeing these little things that I do that probably other people would never even notice and stuff like that.”
“Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.”
“[The producer told me:] "We can try one more record, and we'll see how that one does." Those records never did anything. My music never got mentioned. My color got mentioned.”
“Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.”

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