"I never prepare a speech. I never think when I give a speech, except for "don't embarrass yourself or others," meaning "remember the names of the people you have to thank.""

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Source : "Roger Ballen and The Making of The Room". Interview with Caia Hagel, logger.believermag.com. October 16, 2013.

Roger Ballen

#Thinking Quotes #Names Quotes #People Quotes

“Also Ho Chi Minh City is broken up into districts so it's much like little cities within the city, in your home district folks take the time to smile and wave as you pass by or even try to have a little chat.”

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“When you believe in something and truly go after it with all you have, amazing things will happen.”
“Sin is blatant mutiny against God, and either sin or God must die in my life.”
“Happiness is not bought by money, but it can buy circumstances and conditions that improve the chances of a worldly kind of happiness.”
“I get so fed up with the making of an album taking over my life - it's all I can think about or talk about. You find yourself in a rut and lacking inspiration and it's hard to get out of that because I'm working alone in the studio.”
“Just as you are unconsciously influenced by outside advertisement, announcement, and appeal, so you can vitally influence your life from within by auto-suggestion. The first thing each morning, and the last thing each night, suggest to yourself specific ideas that you wish to embody in your character and personality. Address such suggestions to yourself, silently or aloud, until they are deeply impressed upon your mind.”
“I was saying "I'm the greatest" long before I believed it.”
“I was cold, hungry, and in a hole in the ground. But at least I had my elven porn, damnit!”

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