"There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are lots of great writers who don't get published - is it still worthwhile? Aren't we glad people are still doing it?"

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Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. November 26, 2008.

Dana Spiotta

#Artist Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“The task is not to search for meaning, but to bring meaning to every situation you are in.”

Source : FaceBook post by Alberto Villoldo from Nov 05, 2013
“I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten.”
“An integrated cup of coffee isn't sufficient pay for four hundred years of slave labor.”
“To retire is to begin to die.”
“Success hides problems...you don't need to address problems.”
“You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.”
“Computer images, like camera images today, will be seen as representations of a simulated, second-degree reality with little or no connection to the unmediated world. This is one lesson we can learn from photographs, and especially from those of the last 25 years: images exist not to be believed, but to be interrogated.”
“Women have to ask for higher paychecks. And not equal, I don't want equal - why do I have to have the same paycheck as a guy who has much less experience than me? I want more. And we have to stop feeling ashamed for asking for more, and we have to begin to feel a little more entitled to things, to normal things.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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