"I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air."

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Source : "HBO Docs President Sheila Nevins Talks West Memphis Three, New Oscar Rules, Sundance, Abramovic". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. February 22, 2012.

Sheila Nevins

#Air Quotes #Instant Quotes

“nursing was regarded as simply an extension of the unpaid services performed by the housewife - a characteristic attitude that haunts the profession to this day.”

Source : Gerda Lerner (2014). “The Majority Finds Its Past: Placing Women in History”, p.16, UNC Press Books
“Not only did I rediscover every experience of my life, I had to live each unfulfilled desire as wellâ€”as though theyâ€™d been fulfilled. I saw that what transpires in the mind is just as real as any flesh and blood occurrence. What had only been imagination in life, now became tangible, each fantasy a full reality. I lived them allâ€”while, at the same time, standing to the side, a witness to their, often, intimate squalor. A witness cursed with total objectivity.”
“Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition, was not denied to the Roman slave; and if he had any opportunity of rendering himself either useful or agreeable, he might very naturally expect that the diligence and fidelity of a few years would be rewarded with the inestimable gift of freedom.”
“Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.”
“If you try to lose weight by shaming, depriving and fearing yourself, you will end up shamed, deprived, and afraid. Kindness comes first. Always.”

Source : FaceBook post by Geneen Roth from Sep 02, 2011
“It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn't catch the remark because I wasn't paying attention.”
“The artist needs no religion beyond his work.”
“If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.”

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