"The main reason why I'm a documentary filmmaker is the power of the medium. The most powerful films I've seen have been documentaries. Of course, there are some narrative films that I could never forget, but there are more documentaries that have had that impact on me."

-- Richard Ray Perez

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“The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.”
“From a stupidly young age I was always involved in anything, whether it be a nativity play or little kids plays. Wherever it was, I was involved and I think it was because more than anything, I wanted to be the center of attention.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer - its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins.”

Source : ""Our Votes, Our Guns: Robert Mugabe and the Tragedy of Zimbabwe". Book by Martin Meredith, 2002.
“We may say, in a broad way, that Greek philosophy down to Aristotle expresses the mentality appropriate to the City State; that Stoicism is appropriate to a cosmopolitan despotism; that stochastic philosophy is an intellectual expression of the Church as an organization; that philosophy since Descartes, or at any rate since Locke, tends to embody the prejudices of the commercial middle class; and that Marxism and Fascism are the philosophies appropriate to the modern industrial state.”
“The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time.”

Source : Amanda Ripley (2009). “The Unthinkable: Who survives when disaster strikes - and why”, p.63, Random House
“Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy.”
“Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.”

Source : Jane Yolen (2016). “Sister Light, Sister Dark”, p.15, Open Road Media
“The way I view touring and shows, for me, is that I really like playing, but that's not the thing that fuels me. I am much happier writing and recording. For me, performing is exclusively for other people. I let people write me to tell me what they want to hear. I'll play any of it.”

Source : Source: chicago.gopride.com

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