"A photocopier is a camera in its own right. I was fortunate to grow up in the time and culture that I did. I was allowed to develop an awareness that the art that really moves me is actually based on an original image."

-- Wolfgang Tillmans

#Art Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Moving Quotes

“Sometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along.”
“Labor #â€Ž Unions are the leading force for #â€Ž democratization and #â€Ž progress .”
“To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.”
“It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.”
“If you are going to a destination where the food might be more exotic than usual, always err on the side of caution.”
“As Joanna Macy reminds us, "Information by itself can increase resistance [to engagement], deepening the sense of apathy and powerlessness." Stories about particular individuals and specific situations usually have the opposite effect. By giving unwieldy problems a human face, they also bring them down to a human-and thus manageable-scale.”

Source : Paul Rogat Loeb (2010). “Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times”, p.127, St. Martin's Griffin
“Women well understood how to restrict birth through timing of sexual intercourse, herbs and abortifacients. I suspect the focus on men's control of women as the means of reproduction came later, in the last five percent or so of human history, with the idea of children as property and labor. One needed to have as many as possible, never mind about women's health or mobility or brainpower. Women's freedom was restricted in order to make sure of the paternity and ownership of children.”
“Hollywood likes to put out their own message out a lot of times, and that message isn't the best one for everyone.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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