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“We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.”
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“Clothe an idea in words and it loses its freedom of movement.”
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“I was never a big fashion person, and so I'm sure I wore whatever. I was growing, and so I just wore whatever clothes that weren't that expensive and made sense at the time. But I'm sure that I look back and say, 'What was I thinking?' My adolescence was more in the '80s, and that's more my cross to bear.”
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“I never thought that my work was going to become well-known. It started happening slowly, without my realizing it. But when I did, it was terrifying. I still can't believe that people let me photograph them. The trust is amazing. But I've always put them in a context that is dignified, and that's really important.”
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“Black is the absence of all color. White is the presence of all colors. I suppose life must be one or the other. On the whole, though, I think I would prefer color to its absence. But then black does add depth and texture to color. Perhaps certain shades of gray are necessary to a complete palette. Even unrelieved black. Ah, a deep philosophical question. Is black necessary to life, even a happy life? Could we ever be happy if we did not at least occasionally experience misery?”
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“Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that?”
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“You have to just go with your imagination, where your instinct takes you.”
Source : "Peter Mullan: the swot who lost the plot". Interview with Cath Clarke, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2011.
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“We must be free inside to make a difference outside.”
Source : Vishal Mangalwadi (2012). “The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization”, p.48, Thomas Nelson Inc