A Quote by Ava DuVernay

Stop asking, start doing.

Ava DuVernay

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Asking Doing Start Stop

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Ava DuVernay
American - Director
Born: August 24, 1972

Our job is to get out of the way of ourselves and let the art flow through us. We need to stop trying, stop doing, start allowing. We have no clue what we can be when you stop forcing and start being.

Kyle Cease

I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do.

Amy Poehler

I think we should stop asking people in their 20s what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do. Instead of asking students to 'declare their major' we should ask students to 'list what they will do anything to avoid.' It just makes a lot more sense.

Amy Poehler

For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me.

Mark Gatiss

What happens with artists, or people who start off doing things for the right reasons, is that you slowly start to paint yourself into a corner by doing what people outside of the creative world are asking you to do, and I think that's antithetical to being an artist.

Lindsey Buckingham

When you ask it is given - but at some point you have to stop asking and start expecting.

Esther Hicks

We've got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.

Jimmy Carter

Stop rationalizing, stop stewing. Get up out of your chair and start doing.

Denis Waitley

Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.

Bono

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. 'Who, what, where, why, when, and how!' They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.

Sylvia Earle

Never stop training, no matter what level you're at. Never, ever stop putting your talent under a microscope and asking, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah - I'm doing all this stuff right, but what's wrong with my acting?'

Jordan Gavaris

What you stop doing is just as important as the things you start doing.

Danielle LaPorte

I love being coached. I get angry when I'm not coached. I ask a lot of questions and certainly appreciate any insight and feedback. I think if you ever stop listening to coaching or stop asking questions, you probably need to be doing something else.