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“I would say the only one person I know of who kind of combines the elements that my father brought to the table in terms of affecting the public discourse would be Oliver Stone. His combination of academic brilliance and real life experience and just understanding people I think is what makes him such a great storyteller, but also he cares. He is interested. He meets somebody and he listens to them. He has some questions. He wants to know what they're about. And as a result I think his worldview is much more complex and whole and most of the other.”
Source : Source: bigthink.com
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“Photography is the act of "fixing" time, not of "expressing" the world. The camera is an inadequate tool for extracting a vision of the world or of beauty.”
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“Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.”
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“A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can”
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“My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.”
Source : "Nightline Playlist: Page McConnell" by Howard L. Rosenberg, abcnews.go.com. January 5, 2008.
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“Free, free! what a glorious ring to the word. Free! the bitter heart-struggle was over. Free! the soul could go out to heaven and to God with no chains to clog its flight or pull it down. Free! the earth wore a brighter look, and the very stars seemed to sing with joy. Yes, free! free by the laws of man and the smile of God-and Heaven bless them who made me so!”
Source : Elizabeth Keckley (2016). “Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House”, p.28, Enhanced Media Publishing
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“All art, in spite of the struggles of some critics to prove otherwise, is based on emotion and projects emotion.”
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“I was born into the business. My mother was an entertainer. It was natural. But yes, in the next life, I might not do it.”
Source : "Dina Lohan says she might like another shot at raising Lindsay", www.nydailynews.com. September 21, 2012.