"A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy."

-- Galen Rowell

#Photography Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.”

Source : "Question time: Jack Dee". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2009.
“The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always.”
“My adolescence progressed normally: enough misery to keep the death wish my usual state, an occasional high to keep me from actually taking the gas-pipe.”

Source : Faye Moskowitz (2011). “And the Bridge Is Love”, p.57, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“If you can sit quietly after difficult news, if in financial downturns you remain perfectly calm, if you can see your neighbors travel to fantastic places without a twinge of jealousy, if you can happily eat whatever is put on your plate, and fall asleep after a day of running around without a drink or a pill,â€¦ Â if you can always find contentment just where you are, you are probably a dog.”

Source : "A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times". Book by Jack Kornfield, www.lionsroar.com. 2011.
“I'm a huge fan of basically anything written about complicated, contradictory women. I'm drawn to them really quickly.”
“The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.”
“... I must begin at whatever pace is possible, to work on the book of my own that i vaguely keep assuming lies at the end of the rainbow. It is after all my rainbow and if I don't do it no one else will...Survival is the secret so you really can't afford to doubt yourself for long because you are all you've got. The only thing to do is to go the limit with it. Exceed.”
“As bronze may be much beautified by lying in the dark damp soil, so men who fade in dust of warfare fade fairer, and sorrow blooms their soul.”

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