"I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her entirely. No matter how strong or weak I was, she was a part of me, as crucial as my own heart. I would never be strong enough, in all my life, to do without her."

-- Sarah Dessen

#Mother Quotes #Strong Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Leaders being born vs. made is a bit of a separate issue. The research on this issue is fairly conclusive: 50/50. We have innate predispositions that affect who we are and what we do (nature) but we can learn and develop and grow (nurture).”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“I like movies that deal with trapped men. Men that need to make choices that are not obvious or easy choices. Then how do you visualize this? You create this character conflicted between two sides, because drama is about the conflict of two things, between your duty and your will, between what you want and what you can't have. It is all conflict between two things, and this is why you put your character in a place where you can visualize the conflict.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.”
“And by the Sacred Parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of The Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs”
“The most common way to identify a soldier is by the disc around his neck. But these were made of compressed cardboard and so they've all but disappeared.”
“The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or a bad divorce. Life's filled with trauma. You don't need to go to war to find it it's going to find you. We all deal with it, and the effects go away after awhile. At least they did for me.”

Source : "Restrepo co-directors Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington". Interview with Christopher Kompanek and Chris Kompanek, film.avclub.com. June 25, 2010.
“A good problem statement often includes what is known, what is unknown, and what is sought.”

Source : Edward Hodnett (1955). “The art of problem solving: how to improve your methods”, Harper & Brothers
“People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.”

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