"Language is also a place of struggle."

-- Bell Hooks

#Struggle Quotes #Language Quotes

“Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.”
“This song goes out to Robin Williams. It's called 'Last Hope'.”
“Both my mothers family and my fathers family go back almost a hundred years in the district. I was born in the district, raised in the district, raised my family in the district. And so thats the way I see myself.”
“You know, I had my mother and my father convincing me that he would be going back to Hollywood and he'd be back with the actresses and dating them and that he wasn't serious about me at all. So I had him saying one thing to me and my parents telling me something else.”
“One doesn't lose a self, like a pair of gloves or a pine. We learn and change, or we harden into stone.”
“At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps with which he marked the books. One said: 'Does not agree with the Koran - heretic, must be burned'. The other said: 'Agrees with the Koran - superfluous, must be burned'.”
“Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.”
“I love what I do and I love being part of the storytelling process. And I love the technological advancements. It was the thing that kept me going on every 20-hour day, 7 days a week. You have to love it to do that.”

Source : "Exclusive interview with Tron: Legacy costume designer Christine Bieselin Clark". Interview with Toni-Marie Ippolito, www.tribute.ca. November 30, 2010.

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