"According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat"

-- Moliere

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“Poetry calls us to pause. There is so much we overlook, while the abundance around us continues to shimmer, on its own.”
“I don't like to be in front of the camera - my place is behind the camera.”

Source : "Interview: Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond". Disc Dish Interview, www.discdish.com. January 11, 2016.
“You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.”
“People who need therapy are in Afghanistan. They've seen horrible human cruelty and degradation, but they don't have time or the money for therapy.”
“Dictatorship is always merely an aria, never an opera.”
“It sounds creepy, but I always liked the idea of disappearing then becoming something new. That of course was before I disappeared.”

Source : Elizabeth Hand (2013). “Generation Loss”, p.11, Hachette UK
“Many receive advice, few profit by it.”
“What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.”

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