"I think we all sin by needlessly disobeying the apostolic injunction to "rejoice" as much as by anything else"

-- C. S. Lewis

#Thinking Quotes #Sin Quotes #Disobeying Quotes

“I'm so centered in feeling great about me that I can give great things to my son and my husband and my family.”
“It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'”
“I think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they're unique.”
“I would rather be hired solely for my talent, not just to fill a quota.”

Source : "DP Reed Morano on Making it as a Cinematographer Regardless of the ‘Female Thing’" by Reed Morano, www.indiewire.com. February 24, 2015.
“Being honest with the public is how they respect you.”
“Everybody was inspired by the drawings and the wind tunnels and the race cars - but no one wanted to work with me because I had a reputation for being an aerodynamic dictator!”
“The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.”

Source : Florida Scott-Maxwell (2013). “Measure of My Days”, p.23, Knopf
“Don't blend in; instead, clash with your environment. Stand out. Be different. That's what will draw attention to your ideas. Nothing has intrinsic attention-grabbing power by itself. The power lies in how much something stands out from its context.”

Source : Nancy Duarte (2013). “Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences”, p.10, John Wiley & Sons

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