"I've been busy for a long, long time. I've received a ton of awards in the past few years ... I think they're really great, it's really an honor, but s**t - I really have to work for these things."

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Source : "Carrie Mae Weems and a shifting stage". Interview with Tess Mayer, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 4, 2016.

Carrie Mae Weems

#Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Awards Quotes

“It is only those who do nothing who makes no mistake.”

Source : Peter Kropotkin (2012). “Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings”, p.143, Courier Corporation
“You only know what you know.”
“She needed to get out of there. Her brains, thankfully, were still safely in her skull, but her emotions were splattered on the pavement.”

Source : Francine Pascal (2003). “Sam (#2) and Escape (#26)”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
“Real love" - "This kind of love is emotional in nature but not obsessional. It is a love that unites reason and emotion. It involves an act of the will and requires discipline, and it recognizes the need for personal growth.”

Source : Gary Chapman (2015). “The 5 Love Languages/The 5 Love Languages for Men Set”, p.31, Moody Publishers
“I have lifted the veil. I have created life, wrested the secret of life from life. Now do you understand? From the lives of those who have gone before, I have created life.”
“Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq is the struggle for the future of the world.”
“All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.”
“Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.”

Source : 'LXXX Sermons' (1640) 8 March 1621/2

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