"I just can't imagine that it's only a coincidence. I think they feel that it's kind of getting out of their control, and they're trying to tighten it back up."

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Kevin Mattson

#Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes #Coincidence Quotes

“Failure has gone to his head.”
“When I'm in New York, I bike everywhere. I have a couple of bikes stored over at Ed Norton's. It's the only way to go. But in Hawaii, I drive. I have a little Volkswagen Bug, from the 'Drive it? Hug it?' phase. I run it on biodiesel.”
“A river, though, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to each of us.”

Source : Norman Maclean, Barry Moser (1989). “A River Runs Through It”, p.158, University of Chicago Press
“Rhetoric never won a revolution yet.”
“Luck plays no role in art world success. It's your own responsibility to create your success, which is a result of making thousands of constant decisions - focused, professional tenacity - day after day of keeping commitments to yourself and to those you make promises to. If you fail, it's all your fault. If you succeed, you deserve all the credit.”
“It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include.”
“Stress comes from the way you relate to events or situations.”
“There are things so deeply personal that they can be revealed only to strangers.”

Source : Richard Rodriguez (2004). “Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez”, p.200, Bantam

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