"Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I've been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves, at the situations, really facing it, and through that being able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come."

-- Alanis Obomsawin

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Time is the great doctor of your life. You have to respect the doctor. The devouring self is the patient. Listen to the doctor.”

Source : Ruben Papian (2013). “How to Wish”, p.27
“If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place.”
“If only I had some grease I could fix some kind of a light," Ma considered. "We didn't lack for light when I was a girl before this newfangled kerosene was ever heard of." "That's so," said Pa. "These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraph and kerosene and coal stoves--they're good things to have, but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em.”
“I don't need to be married, but I feel married.”
“I see the reports of Anson Hunter's death have been greatly exaggerated... and I trust so are his war stories.”
“When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.”
“But I get a thrill out of bringing a group together and helping them reach a place they didnâ€™t know they could go. I see myself as a mentor now and Iâ€™m excited to lead some of these talented young guys.”
“When I look in the mirror, I know Iâ€™m looking at someone who isnâ€™t sure she deserves to be loved at all.”

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