"The place where I had freedom most was when I painted. I was completely and utterly myself."

-- Alice Neel

#Freedom Quotes

“The church doesnâ€™t have a mission; there is a mission, and it has the church.”
“My object to venture the suggestion that an important application of phonetics to metrical problems lies in the study of phonetic word-structure.”

Source : Adelaide Crapsey (1918). “A Study in English Metrics”
“I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.”
“The present moment is really all that we have. The only place you can really love another person is in the present. Love in the past is a memory. Love in the future is a fantasy. To be really alive, love - or any other experience - must take place in the present.”
“Sometimes you have to steer away from the crowd in order to be a better person. It's not always easy, that's for sure. But it's right. And sometimes doing the right thing feels good, even if it does end up in a trip to the principal's office.”

Source : Simone Elkeles (2011). “Leaving Paradise”, p.279, North Star Editions, Inc.
“Many of my biggest business endeavors were failures before they became a success. Some failed for as long as six years before they hit. Everyone around me thought I was crazy. You just have to stay at it.”
“After all, it's all kinds of things that make up a life, right? The big, like falling in love and spending time with your family, and the little....like blow drying your hair, applying concealer, and cursing those magazine inserts. It all counts. It has to.”
“I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.”

Source : Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. October 22, 2003.

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