"I am drawn to people that are not going to shy away from the very dark, scary stuff of the human condition and in a lot of cases people need alcohol or drugs to create poetry and poetic pose that can take you so far out there where you are still able to recognize yourself and then to bring you back home where you're not the same person you were when you left."

-- Anne Lamott

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“I can't abide small talk.”
“The biggest misconception about me and my work is that I only make political films denouncing human-rights atrocities, even though all of my films are about people fighting for their rights and their quest for justice. My films aren't depressing, are very human, and always offer a way forward.”
“Big sporting events and spectacles might give the national morale a shot in the arm, but they are too transient and taste-specific to stand as robust symbols of nationhood.”
“Because I know war... because I know the horror, I don't want to add to it. .........After the war, we felt the need to celebrate life, and for me photography was the means to achieve this...”
“A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.”
“No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.”
“My problem is that I think everybody needs to work as hard as I worked when I was in my prime.”
“Why, in our culture, do so many discussions of male/female roles seem so painful, unfair, unreal, unfunny, and even preposterous? Â Because of men who demand submission from their wives but in turn submit themselves to no one, including God â€¦ We cannot blame women for being frustrated because they fear the injustice of being under headship that itself is not accountable.”

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