"It would be so easy to lose the plot now. It's not about achieving something for its own sake, and taking pictures for their own sake. But to make conscious decisions and choices, and it includes this constant questioning - Why am I taking pictures? Because really, the world is... it has pictures enough. I mean, there are enough pictures out there."

-- Wolfgang Tillmans

#Mean Quotes #Questioning Why Quotes #Choices Quotes

“I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.”

Source : "Sicko". Documentary, Drama, www.imdb.com. 2007.
“I should never conclude were I to speak to you of all the misfortunes which have their origin in the faulty carriage of the body. All these defects, mortifying for those who have contracted them, cannot be remedied except in their early stages. A habit born in childhood is strengthened in youth, becomes deeply rooted in adulthood and is incurable in old age.”
“I can see in your eyes that thereâ€™s no seam of untapped joy left in you. The best of life has come and gone. Those days when sudden epiphanies swept over you, and you had visions of the rightness of all things and of your place amongst them; theyâ€™re history. Youâ€™re in a darker place now.”
“The UEFA Cup is now what we focus on. It's a huge game for us in Rome and it's all to play for.”
“Every audition, I still get nervous. I still get sweaty palms. I don't think that ever goes away. You just get accustomed to it.”
“Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams. Dig deeper into your dreams and deeper into yourself and believe that anything is possible, and make it happen.”

Source : "The Chronology of Water: A Memoir". Book by Lidia Yuknavitch, 2011.
“We have many times led Europe in the fight for freedom. It would be an ignoble end to our long history if we tamely accepted to perish by degrees.”
“The fear inside of loneliness: That only what others have is real.”

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