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Ava's Interests
General
I'm obsessed with politics, current events, and "deep" discussions. I can ramble on for hours about religion, the war in Iraq, different political issues, and any other interesting topic you bring up. I like to create videos for my website www.peacetakescourage.com and I'm currently working on my first documentary. I aslo like to watch movies, especially if they have good cinematography.
Music
This list could go on forever, but if i had to narrow it down(and trust me, this is the narrowed down version) it would have to be: The Who, The Kinks, The Clash, Blondie, Franz Ferdinand, Strokes, the Hives, the Libertines, CCR, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Queen, the Cranberries, Greenday, Weezer, the Killers, Coldplay, the Dave Matthews Band, The Sex Pistols, The Offspring, the Bravery, Oasis, Johnny Cash, Moby, the Wallflowers, RX, Radiohead, Beastie Boys, NIN, RATM, Nirvana, the Wallflowers, the Cure, Jimi Hendrix, Three Dog Night, Bob Marley, The Nightwatchman
Movies
Charade, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Platoon, Amadeus, Collateral, Donnie Darko, Garden State, Kill Bill v. 2, Napoleon Dynamite, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Darjeeling Limited, The Matrix, The Sixth Sense, Forrest Gump, Good Night and Good Luck, Breakfast on Pluto, The Pianist, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Ghost World, The Shawshank Redemption, My Cousin Vinny, Roger and Me, 12 Angry Men, Hotel Rwanda, Raising Arizona, Pieces Of April, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Edward Scissorhands, Little Miss Sunshine, The U.S. vs. John Lennon, Life Is Beautiful, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Breakfast Club, Journeys with George, Driving Lessons, Melinda and Melinda, and O Brother Where Art Thou? just to name a few.
Television
I like any "Law and Order" series, especially SVU. Boston Legal, Heroes( my guilty pleasure TV show), ER, House, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and of course Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Unfortunately my favorite TV show is over - Extras.
Books
Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Anthem, The Stranger, Lord of the Flies, The Giver, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, America's Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines, Hatchet, The Midwife's Apprentice, and The Witch of Blackbird Pond to name a few.
Heroes
I have too many heroes to list, so instead I'll list a few of my favorite quotes:
"Men without hope, resigned to despair and oppression, do not make revolutions. It is when expectation replaces submission, when despair is touched with the awareness of possibility, that the forces of human desire and the passion for justice are unloosed." -- Robert F. Kennedy
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." -- Abraham Lincoln
"The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." -- Douglas MacArthur
"It is time for all people of conscience to call upon America, come back home, come home America. Omar Khayyam is right: 'The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on.' I call on Washington today, I call on every man and woman of good will all over America today, I call on the young men of America who must make a choice today. Take a stand on this issue, tomorrow may be too late. The book may close." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
About me: I'm a peace activist and video producer from Alabama. In 2005 I created PeaceTakesCourage.com. I'm obsessed with politics, current events, and "deep" discussions. I can ramble on for hours about religion, the war in Iraq, different political issues, and any other interesting topic you bring up.
I like to create videos for my website Peacetakescourage.com and I'm currently working on my first documentary. I also like to watch movies, especially if they have good cinematography. I'm a peace activist and raging liberal working for peace and justice.
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone who wants peace and justice, people who are interested in art, music, and film, and/or anyone else!
Brave New Films is doing a new documentary about the healthcare system in the United States, and we're looking to find your medical horror stories in regards to dealing with the insurance companies - particularly United HealthCare. If you have any stories that may be of interest to us and would possibly like it to be shared as a call to action to fix our health care system in America, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS POST! We will try to get back to as many people as possible.
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