"The history of the universe and nature is being told to us by the stars, by the Earth, by the uprising and elevation of the mountains, by the animals, the woods and jungles, and by the rivers. Our task is to know how to listen and interpret the messages that are sent to us. The original peoples knew how to read every movement of the clouds, the meaning of the winds, and they knew when violent downpours were coming... We have forgotten all that."

-- Leonardo Boff

#Stars Quotes #Animal Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“Some days confidence shrinks to the size of a pea, and the backbone feels like a feather. We want to be somewhere else, and don't know where - want to be someone else and don't know who.”

Source : Jean Hersey (1967). “The Shape of a Year”
“John Huston is more of a creative director than most.”

Source : Interview with Joel Keller, film.avclub.com. September 8, 2011.
“In photography, you always have both the medium and the depicted subject at the same time.”
“One goal of my art is to help people remember why they are here now.”
“Sentiment, crystallized, grows into sentimentality. It lost all spontaneity, which was the essence of feeling. It was dated--old-fashioned.”
“The very first practice we [Woody Weatherman, Mike Dean & myself ] did it was like, "Oh ok, I get it." We were jamming on some crazy ass, out of the box, weird time signature riffs and I got it, whereas anyone else who was playing with them recently would have been like, "What? What are you doing?" So I think there's something unspoken between the three of us that makes us Corrosion of Conformity.”
“The heart is a place of secrets...”

Source : Naguib Mahfouz (2016). “Arabian Nights and Days”, p.70, Anchor
“To be a mentor for up-and-coming artists is right up my alley.”

Source : Jessica Simpson Gets the "Star Treatment in a Special Issue of WWD" by Allie Merriam, www.popsugar.com. March 28, 2011.

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