Julie Johnston quotes

Julie Johnston quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation.”
-- Julie Johnston

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“It's so important to raise awareness of this problem that continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their lifetime, regardless of career, wealth or background.”
“These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out.”
“Emotional abuse is like being continuously kicked in the shins. It can be worse than getting one punch in the face, and it cements itself.”
“There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.”
“I think we're at a time where people just want to join together and cause change. People don't want to live like this any more.”
“If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.”
“Not that I wouldn't have been equally happy to see the old buddies and see it all start up again that way. But this was more of a work situation, and a very good one.”
“Death by hanging...well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.”
“Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.”
“In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out.”

Source : "Ava DuVernay, Sundance Award-Winner for ‘Middle of Nowhere,’ On Why It’s Important That Stories About Black Women Be Told By Black Women". Interview with Claire Easton, www.indiewire.com. October 10, 2012.

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