"If your dream only includes you, it's too small."
"I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets."
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Source: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay. The Tavis Smiley show, www.pbs.org. October 9, 2012.
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