"My sense of view became tactile not colourful, immediate not distant. Something within arms' reach"

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Source : Ryan Knighton (2007). “Cockeyed”, p.73, PublicAffairs

Ryan Knighton

#Views Quotes #Arms Quotes

“The quality of CGI, audiences are now so used to it. They don't know what is CGI and what is real.”
“Act the way you WANT to feel.”
“Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland and religion.”

Source : "Terms of Crisis" by George Packer, www.newyorker.com. March 31, 2014.
“Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.”
“It looks easy, like surfing, but surfing is hard too.”
“I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my life that I really enjoyed and treasured and look back on it with fondness.”
“We read, we travel, we become.”
“Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.”

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