"Yes, I got my first Bolex camera a few weeks after being dropped in New York by the United Nations Refugee Organization. That was on October 29th, 1949. With my brother Adolfas, we wanted to make a film about displaced persons, how one feels being uprooted from one's home."

-- Jonas Mekas

#Brother Quotes #New York Quotes #Home Quotes

“I think the most important manner is just general kindness. When you go to big cities, sometimes people forget to just say, "Good morning," or "How are you?"”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The storm stops at the door. Love reigns, peace dwells.”
“That slow smile again. I love that smile! DId I think he was ugly just now? No, his face is transformed.”
“Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.”

Source : Michael Eric Dyson (2009). “Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson”, p.123, Basic Civitas Books
“So what do you have to confess now?" I don't know why I'm saying any of this, except that is the truth. "I'm confessing that I don't know if I'm ready for this." "What is 'this'?" "Being open. Being hurt. Liking. Not being liked. Seeing the flicker on. Seeing the flicker off. Leaping. Falling. Crashing.”
“Set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time.”
“[French intellectuals] could never address themselves to the working classes. They don't know what it means, and that gives them a bad conscience about it. [Albert] Camus has a greater proximity to those in poverty.”
“I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up.”

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