"I more fear what is within me than what comes from without."

-- Martin Luther

“If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“In the interest of the ethical and moral health of the country, the writer, the poet, the artist, the thinker, must hold a mirror up his or her country and say, look, this is who we are, this is how we live, this is our past, we must own it, forgive ourselves, transcend our transgressions, and become better people. Turning the tide must be a continuous effort.”

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“I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all.”
“I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth into the air without knowing the uncertainty and the exhilaration of first-born adventure.”

Source : Beryl Markham (2012). “West with the Night”, p.14, Open Road Media
“It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.”
“Great passions may give us a quickened sense of life, ecstasy and sorrow of love, the various forms of enthusiastic activity, disinterested or otherwise, which comes naturally to many of us.”
“Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.”
“If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art no better than a fly. Conquer thy heart that thou mayest become somebody.”

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