"But then, I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life."

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Source : Everett Ruess (1983). “Everett Ruess, a vagabond for beauty”

Everett Ruess

#Overwhelmed Quotes

“Architecture is not about designing somehting from a free, fanciful idea. It is about discovering and establishing one's own principle, some kind of regularity - finding an individual formula to apply to one's buildings.”
“Have fired 500 rounds at the Germans, at my command, been shelled, didn't run away thank the Lord and never lost a man. Probably shouldn't have told you but you'll not worry any more if you know I'm in it than if you think I am. Have had the most strenuous work of my life, am very tired but otherwise absolutely in good condition physically mentally and morally.”
“We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!”
“When the right one comes along, you figure it out. You move mountains, you change your life and you do whatever it takes to keep them with you.”
“The world is as large as the range of one's interests. A narrow-minded man has a narrow outlook. The walls of his world shut out the broader horizon of affairs. Prejudice can maintain walls that no invention can remove.”
“I was born for Abegnation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met 'her', and...I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.”
“The Three Cs, I told myself. When you're not Comfortable with it, it's not a Compliment, it's Creepy.”

Source : Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2012). “Alice in Charge”, p.147, Simon and Schuster
“The majority of the people I've taken photographs of, I've had conversations with. "What are your goals and aspirations?" "What are you about?" It's not just about me capturing the image; I want to know what you are about.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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