"I always wanted to do a story on the blues that not only reflected its nature and its content, but also alludes to the form itselfâ€¦In short, a story that gives you the impression of the blues."

-- Charles Burnett

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“I find the older I get, the lower in weight I go. It's harder to recover. Living in New York City, working a job that is unpredictable and at times stressful, you're lifting way more than your max because you need to push some weight around. You put an extra plate on for the release, and then you're sore the next week. Its stress release.”
“The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the Roman culture as it still existed in the 5th century, at a time when there was no longer an Emperor in the West.”

Source : Henri Pirenne (2012). “Mohammed and Charlemagne”, p.284, Courier Corporation
“Not ever having been an agent myself, my sense is that upper-level agents who have the most power, who can move people through the system more easily, are less willing to take on the volume of work to break somebody new. And then lower-level people, if they are willing to take on somebody new, they don't necessarily have as much sway, and it's harder for them to push somebody through.”

Source : Source: variety.com
“In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.”

Source : Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.16, Bantam
“People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.”

Source : "Miranda July and Jonah Peretti on Reading Other People’s E-Mail". Interview with Jesse Ashlock, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. July 11, 2013.
“The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with moving images and sound?”
“I try to always have flowers in the house. I have a florist in Chinatown, and they deliver orchids every two weeks. I like living with living things.”
“If you seek the kernel, then you must break the shell. An likewise, if you would know the reality of Nature, you must destroy the appearance, and the farther you go beyond the appearance, the nearer you will be to the essence.”

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