"I'm not trying to explain other cultures, or to give a fair and balanced account of a country, or the top ten things you need to know. I'm not trying to spread world peace and understanding. I'm not an advocate or an activist or an educator or a journalist. I'm out there trying to tell stories the best I can."

-- Anthony Bourdain

#Country Quotes #Other Cultures Quotes #Giving Quotes

“My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years.”
“You must become aware of the richness in you and come to believe in it and know it is there, so that you can write opulently and with self-trust. If you once become aware of it and have faith in it, you will be all right.”
“Calling someone a drama queen is so negative. Why not 'content creator'?”
“When there's more lows than highs and I'm not just talking financially, it may be time to see what else is out there for you. Even at this point, I am open to the possibility that there may be another chapter on the horizon and I trust that I'll know in my heart when it's time to close the chapter on this one. I am much more than just an actor. It is what I do now and I try not to get boxed in by the belief that that is all I have to offer the world as my work.”
“Asking the legal system to resolve divorce is like asking a boxing coach to be our marriage counselor.”
“Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists”
“No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.”

Source : Maria Edgeworth (1832). “Tales of Fashionable Life: The absentee, ch. 6-17”, p.146
“Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before.”

Source : "FILM; Eric Rohmer Writes His Own 'Winter's Tale'" by John Rockwell, www.nytimes.com. March 27, 1994.

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