"Call me anything you like, but don't call me a lady."

-- Charlotte Whitton

#Call Me Quotes

“It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed: it was a desire as old as the world, as old as the desire for children.”

Source : Sijie Dai (2002). “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”, Anchor
“The name Alaska is probably an abbreviation of Unalaska, derived from the original Aleut word agunalaksh, which means "the shores where the sea breaks its back." The war between water and land is never-ending. Waves shatter themselves in spent fury against the rocky bulwarks of the coast; giant tides eat away the sand beaches and alter the entire contour of an island overnight; williwaw winds pour down the side of a volcano like snow sliding off a roof, building to a hundred-mile velocity in a matter of minutes and churning the ocean into a maelstrom where the stoutest vessels founder.”

Source : Corey Ford (2003). “Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story - Georg Steller & the Russian Exploration of AK”, p.11, Graphic Arts Books
“Releasing the emotional energy and focusing on acceptance dissipates anger and restores balance.”
“You're responsible for your own character to a degree, because when it comes to the final draft of the script, you might say, "Well, I think maybe I could add this here, add that there." But I find that I write just as well for the other characters as I do for myself. I think.”
“I am in my life for a purpose. There is no place to rush to. I am safe. It's all ok.”
“Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.”
“I count myself really fortunate that I have some lifelong friends. The best thing about a friend is when you are being your own worst enemy a friend can help snap you out of it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Amy Grant from Jul 08, 2013
“I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism that you might feel within yourself or toward yourself and projecting it out to others. There can be an abusive power to photography, too.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 13, 2013.

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