“Faith today is not enough for tomorrow. It must be constantly renewed by a conscious act.” Quote by Luci Shaw
“Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.” FeelsImportantShowsHomeEconomyCookingAffectionDinnerFeel GoodGoing OutGood Food Author:Ina Garten
“Like all art, poems are only hints and guesses that draw our attention to something larger.” ArtAttentionDrawsHints Author:Luci Shaw
“I took a wrong turn the other day. A mistake, but it led me to the shop where I found the very thing I’d been searching for.” TurnsFoundMistakeShopsWrong Turn Author:Luci Shaw
“As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m interested in the lives of Black folk as the subject. Not the predicate, not the tangent.[These stories] deserve to be told. Not as sociology, not as spectacle, not as a singular event that happens every so often, but regularly and purposefully as truth and as art on an ongoing basis, as do the stories of all the women you love.” FeelsArtStoriesHappensJobsBlackSubjectsEventsDeserveBasesFolksFilmmakerBlack WomenSociologyPreferenceOngoingSubjectivityVisibility Author:Ava DuVernay
“Black people loving and losing is something we don’t see enough of. We’re always in these heightened situations like something big is happening, something funny or something violent. And you know what? Sometimes we die of breast cancer or a broken heart. Things happen that are just not being explored cinematically. It’s time we reinvigorated that type of film.” PeopleKnowsHeartSometimesEnoughBigsHappensFilmDiesBlackSituationBrokenTypeLosingHappeningsCancerThings HappenViolentBreastsBlack PeopleLike SomethingBreast Cancer Author:Ava DuVernay
“At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy.” EndsHistoricalThe End Of The DayDedicatedAccuracyHistorical Accuracy Author:Ava DuVernay
“Americans continue to visit Paris not just for Paris, but for ‘Paris.’ As if out of some collective nostalgia for what Paris should be, more than what it is. For someone else’s memories.” IfsShouldMemoriesNostalgiaParisCollectives Author:Rosecrans Baldwin
“Let the separation between you and the world be final and irreversible. Say, 'Here I go for Christ and His Cross, for the faith of the Bible, for the laws of God, for holiness, for trust in Jesus; and never will I go back, come what may.” WorldMayLawJesusChristCrossesFinalsSeparationHolinessIrreversible Author:Charles Spurgeon
