"I don't think I could ever work in such a blatantly hierarchical corporate setting. I know that everyone in this world is not equal, but I can't bear environments that make this truth so obvious."

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Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.21, Macmillan

Peter Cameron

#Thinking Quotes #World Quotes #Bears Quotes

“Don’t let anyone say you can’t do it. To be successful, you need to fail. The more failures you have, the more successes you will have. People just don’t get that.”
“Can you tell me where to find Tobias'? I ask. When I imagine his face, affection for him bubbles up inside of me and all I want to do is kiss him. 'Four, I mean. He's so handsome, isn't he? I don't really understand why he likes me so much. I'm not very nice, am I?' -Tris”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“I suffer from and enjoy an incredibly vivid dream life. A lot of times there is a sort-of narrative and other times they are just funhouses of non-linear imagery and other scary stuff.”
“Maybe Iâ€™m old, but to me, â€˜going outâ€™ means going out to dinner. Itâ€™s about the conversation: someone recognizing your intellect, the charm of flirting, and really speaking to somebody.”
“When you live in Israel, there are restrictions which come from budget definitely. I came to the point where I had shot many fiction, many feature films, but at one point it began to bore me. It was boring because when you're Gordon Willis or when you are a legend of American cinematography, you know that you are gradually building yourself and you can go into bigger budgets and experiment more. In Israel, the budgets are very, very limited.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world.”
“I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.”
“Art editors and critics - people like me - have become a courtier class.”

Source : "Doyen of American critics turns his back on the 'nasty, stupid' world of modern art" by Edward Helmore, Paul Gallagher, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2012.

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