"A rill in a barnyard and the Grand Canyon represent, in the main, stages of valley erosion that began some millions of years apart."

-- George Gaylord Simpson

#Erosion Quotes #Years Quotes #Valleys Quotes

“The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.”
“Ever absent, ever near; Still I see thee, still I hear; Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!”
“People look at me and they dont see what they think is a typical Aboriginal.”
“The recipe for success . . . customers will get what they want, when they want it . . . you will see more revenue, greater brand loyalty, real relationships, and a competitive edge.”
“In the examples that I here bring in of what I have [read], heard, done or said, I have refrained from daring to alter even the smallest and most indifferent circumstances. My conscience falsifies not an iota; for my knowledge I cannot answer.”
“And so on, until you arrive at the other side, among the purely abstract self-harming: the grinding over your failures, the refusal to remember anything good, the determination to ensure - if anyone falls into the mistake of making it clear they actually like you - that the next time round they change their opinion pronto. Emotional self-cannibalism, in other words, like those tessellated pictures of a person grappling with a mirror image of himself.”

Source : Alexander Masters (2006). “Stuart: A Life Backwards”, Random House Digital, Inc.
“There are certain realities about the world we live in. Syria and Iraq are just not going to get on air every day. For us as journalists, we're still trying to navigate this world. Journalism is changing. How do we tell our stories - especially with the wars that have continued for so long? How do we keep it relevant?”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“Isolation in creative work is an onerous thing. Better to have negative criticism than nothing at all.”

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