"I did some embedded stuff. And if you are embedded, the only things you see are what the soldiers see, and if the people talk to you, they talk to you as if you are a soldier, because with your flak jacket and your helmet, they can't tell the difference between you and the soldier next to you, and they obviously won't tell you what they really think because they are afraid of you."

-- Yaroslav Trofimov

#Thinking Quotes #Differences Quotes #People Quotes

“Reaching toward perfection in any one thing should lift us higher in all things; it should beget a habit of application and thoroughness.”
“Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions.”
“I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.”
“Only thought is capable of inventing the fiction of a State that is universal by right, of elevation the State to the level of de jure universality”
“I've had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called 'a life' - I've refused to give up.”
“If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a whole agency to make a successful campaign.”
“I gained an inner peace, the serenity of a prisoner, so to speak.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The artists catch what's in the air. It's not because the artist "felt like it" or is a guru who channels the truth of the universe in some opaque, abstract way, or even in a realistic painting. The comics artist is someone who has the humility to set himself up in public culture and to communicate with the reader. If your image doesn't make sense, it's your problem, and I shouldn't publish it.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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