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“Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest”
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“Today it is not a matter of ‘conserving’ the present or returning to a recent past that has failed, but rather of regaining possession of our most archaic roots, which is to say those most suited to the victorious life.”
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“You can't live on the hope of a television contract and play in a stadium with nobody there.”
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“Players recognize the sense of humility that comes with the cap and with wearing the cap.”
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“Things like rhyming - it just wasn't falling out of my head that way. So I started to get quite freaked out that I just couldn't write anymore. And then I just kind of went with it, and thought that, "This is the way that my brain's working," in a more direct way, then I should just try it like that for this album. And follow it. Just went with the writer's block, almost - it's a strange thing.”
Source : "'Our intention was clearer' - Daughter talks battling writer’s block and exploring new influences". Interview With Brian Shultz, substreammagazine.com. April 8, 2016.
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“When water isn't rippled, it is naturally still. When a mirror isn't clouded, it is clear of itself. So the mind is not to be cleared; get rid of what muddles it, and its clarity will spontaneously appear. Pleasure need not be sought; get rid of what pains you, and pleasure is naturally there.”
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“Camouflage is the most interesting of all the arts.”
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“In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.”
Source : "Vera Farmiga: A Woman We Love" by Stephen Garrett, www.esquire.com. May 23, 2007.