"For me it is essential to understand that everyone is alone. Not in the sense of loneliness, but rather in the sense that no one can completely understand someone else. I know very well what Diane Arbus means when she says that one cannot crawl into someone else's skin, but there is always an urge to do so anyway. I want to awaken definite sympathies for the person I have photographed."

-- Rineke Dijkstra

#Loneliness Quotes #Mean Quotes #Skins Quotes

“I have always been Fred Durst and I've always been me.”
“I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita...."Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.”
“A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out of his shoes. His face had on it some of the sadness of the ages. As he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. The effect was unforgettable.”

Source : William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”
“What we see in the world around us is just a reflection of what is inside of us.”
“Time was when education moved toward soil, not away from it.”
“Most of us miss our best opportunities in life because they come to us disguised as work.”
“Youâ€™ll have to be my conscience.â€ He knew his flaws, and he knew the parts of him that were irrevocably broken. â€œMine isnâ€™t going to grow back.”
“Equally important for the promotion of excellence in the university is an emphasis on shared governance. The faculty needs to be involved directly in the process of running the university and in the setting of priorities.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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