Quotes about "Environmental & Nature"

When I pray, I always thank Mother Nature for all the beauty in the world. It's about having an attitude of gratitude. ”

A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful. ”

I've been using the same 'I Ching' since I was teenager when it was given to me by a fellow teenager; it seems too late to change now. I don't use it often, but when I do, it really does help. You can fool yourself, but not the 'I Ching.' ”

It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I was given. ”

We want to take our activism and our power into action and change things for every woman, everywhere, working in any workplace. ”

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me. ”

The dignity of everyday life - the beauty of it, the attitude of it - is what I live around. And it is never on screen, and it is certainly never associated with Africa. If we see Africa at all, it is always used as a backdrop: a big blob of a continent rather than a specific street or a country or a place. ”

No words - action' was the lesson my mother taught me: as artists, we have the privilege of holding a mirror to the world, to engage, to question, to bring beauty to a complex universe. ”

I think, in terms of activism associated with my films, be it 'Salaam Baalak Trust' or 'Maisha,' taking the idea of cinema as a way to change people, I feel heartened. I am glad that we have impacted thousands of lives. ”

And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then just not think of it anymore because it's there like a piece of furniture. ”