"My father, an architectural photographer, was an incurable tinkerer, maker and mender."

-- Nick Park

#Father Quotes #Photographer Quotes #Makers Quotes

“Let us seize the special opportunity that is ours to act boldly and decisively at a time when the eyes of our fellow citizens, both present and future, are upon us.”
“I had long since insisted upon interpreting the things that Fate forced me to do as victories of my own will and intelligence, and now this bad habit had grown into a sort of frenzied arrogance. In the nature of what I was calling my intelligence there was a touch of something illegitimate, a touch of the sham pretender who has been placed on the throne by some freak chance. This dolt of a usurper could not foresee the revenge that would inevitably be wreaked upon his stupid despotism.”
“There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.”
“Trendy intellectuals always take action for every cause that's been in fashion.”
“I don't want to make it sound like a hotbed of lesbianism but I did have a number of relationships.”
“Wizards don't all look alike.”
“You walked out of my dreams and into my car.”

Source : Song: You're Sixteen
“I interviewed my dad on video in his final weeks. When I asked about his work and finding meaning through helping others, he responded, "I don't think you can be focused on, 'Oh gee, I want to make a difference.' It has to be spontaneous. If it's not...there's some kind of egotistical thing going on. That's a red flag. You hope you impact people on the deepest level you are capable of at the time. Sometimes you hit it, sometimes you don't. You're trying.”

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