"The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life."

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Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Mary Ellen Mark

#People Quotes #Obsession Quotes #Human Condition Quotes

“Today, the entire country is an immense University.”
“This year we plan to run and shoot. Next season we hope to run and score.”
“I was always moved by all of the music. As a young man, Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton, Count Basie and all these great musicians would come through our town of Memphis. There wasn't adequate hotels, so these musicians - the lady who ran the theater knew my mother, who had a large house, and many of them would stay with us. So that was another great blessing, so I'm always around these great geniuses, and to realize their humanity is such a touching thing.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Our little solos are a note in an immense chorus vibrating grandly through the universe, a chorus which accepts and harmonizes the whir of the cricket and the long drum-roll of the stars.”

Source : Harriet Monroe (1938). “A poet's life: seventy years in a changing world”, Macmillan
“There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.”
“I'm trained as an actor for the stage - classically trained, believe it or not - and I worked closely with Stella Adler for years. People don't know that much about it. They just think I am these people. But I've been in this comedy racket, because it's just how everybody wants to see me.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.”
“Here's the truth: People, even regular people, are never just any one person with one set of attributes. It's not that simple. We're all at the mercy of the limbic system, clouds of electricity drifting through the brain.”

Source : "Memento Mori". Book by Jonathan Nolan, www.esquire.com. 2000.

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