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> [People assume thoughts and processes about you that may have nothing to do with you whatsoever, but they make political assumptions and assertions about who you are based on your choice of partner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/people-assume-thoughts-and-processes-about-you-that-may-have-nothing/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

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## More by Amma Asante

> [When you're in political times, you want to reflect those political times, and sometimes going back to our past is the best way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/when-you-re-in-political-times-you-want-to-reflect-those-political/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [I knew I wanted to make a movie that looked decadent and expensive. I knew we would have to make every penny stretch and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/i-knew-i-wanted-to-make-a-movie-that-looked-decadent-and-expensive-i/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [What I hope is that this wider pattern of films about slavery that's emerging isn't just a fad but evidence that we've turned a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/what-i-hope-is-that-this-wider-pattern-of-films-about-slavery-that-s/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [Don't let a culture or society's rules define who you are; you define who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/don-t-let-a-culture-or-society-s-rules-define-who-you-are-you-define/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [When I look in the mirror I see the woman I knew I wanted to be as a child. When I was a young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/when-i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-the-woman-i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-as-a/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [What I wanted to do was put a woman of color, front and center, in my movie combining a lot of themes that were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/what-i-wanted-to-do-was-put-a-woman-of-color-front-and-center-in-my/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [Don't take no as a full stop, treat it like a comma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/don-t-take-no-as-a-full-stop-treat-it-like-a-comma/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [Sitting in the back row of a full audience watching one of my movies, and hearing them cry and hearing them laugh in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/sitting-in-the-back-row-of-a-full-audience-watching-one-of-my-movies/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [You can take me and then you can take a blond white man with blue eyes, and you could say, "Fundamentally, they're different." And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/you-can-take-me-and-then-you-can-take-a-blond-white-man-with-blue/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [I was lucky enough to date my first love for five years. We had a very romantic, very dramatic teenage love affair. And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/i-was-lucky-enough-to-date-my-first-love-for-five-years-we-had-a-very/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [There are important differences that mean we appreciate each other, not tolerate each other. Race creates this idea that there's this massive difference. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/there-are-important-differences-that-mean-we-appreciate-each-other/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [I'm a girl, and I celebrate being a girl, and it was really important to me to celebrate the beauty that I could create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/i-m-a-girl-and-i-celebrate-being-a-girl-and-it-was-really-important/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [To really talk about African story, and teach this story, you have to teach that tribes were actually nations. You have to teach that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/to-really-talk-about-african-story-and-teach-this-story-you-have-to/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers. We're never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/as-people-of-color-we-re-left-out-of-history-history-is-sort-of-told/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

> [The reality is that we’re in very politicized times. The complete antithesis of Obama is Trump. We are in very polarized times. People are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/the-reality-is-that-we-re-in-very-politicized-times-the-complete/)

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