I know that it can be hard to believe that someone loves you if you are afraid of being yourself, or if you are not exactly sure who you are. It can be hard to believe that someone won't leave.


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All black women aren't sassy, loud, difficult, or subservient. We are, in fact, very complex and...
AVA DUVERNAY
When you have to face up to the fact that marriage to the man you love is really over, that's very t...
AVA GARDNER
I want more girls to be able to see themselves behind the camera creating images we all enjoy, and I...
AVA DUVERNAY
If your dream is only about you, it's too small.
AVA DUVERNAY
There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black wom...
AVA DUVERNAY
It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.
AVA DUVERNAY
I made my first film when I was 35, so I firmly believe that you don't have to be one thing in l...
AVA DUVERNAY
What's the point? My face, shall we say, looks lived in.
AVA GARDNER
I make films about black women and it doesn't mean that you can't see them as a black man, d...
AVA DUVERNAY
If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. Yo...
AVA DUVERNAY
Dragons have wild hearts that need the open sky
AVA RICHARDSON
The time is not always now for everything.
AVA RICHARDSON
Our phone bills were astronomical, and when I found the letters Frank wrote me the other day, the to...
AVA GARDNER
You usually find that this is the most romantic sex, because it starts out with long, luscious kisse...
DR AVA CADELL
When you know you're never going to see someone again, you want to leave her wanting you - and you'l...
DR AVA CADELL
There's a correlation between a woman's bottom lip and her vagina. Sucking gently on her lip will ma...
DR AVA CADELL