"I'm a documentary photographer. That's what I've always wanted to be; that's where my heart and soul is."

-- Mary Ellen Mark

#Heart Quotes #Soul Quotes #Documentaries Quotes

“Proust is a hero of mine. I read 'A la recherche' in one go, and I'm a very slow reader. It had an astonishing impact, reading it on my own and being my main company. I think Proust is the most intelligent person to ever have written a novel.”
“The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says that no kid is going to be left alone or left unsafe.”
“Entrepreneurial creation is the generation, de novo, of novelty and surprise- freedom of choice originating in the world of ideas, and imagination beyond all concern with chemicals. The contrary view- that all ideas are determined by material relationships- is the materialist superstition.”

Source : George Gilder (2013). “Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World”, p.92, Regnery Publishing
“The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.”
“Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.”

Source : Paul Neilan (2007). “Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel”, p.53, Macmillan
“The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I'm from. Well, I can't write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.”
“It is possible to cause seemingly biochemical changes through human emotional involvement. You literally have changed his chemistry by being his friend.”

Source : Steve Lopez (2008). “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music”, Putnam Adult
“It was autumn and falling stars Covered the shrivelled forms Crouched in the moonlight.”

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