"Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons."

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Anthony Holden

#Taken Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I remember one of the first things Helmut Newton on one of his last shoots, in 2004, said was that he couldn't believe how thin I was. He was like, "Whatever happened to women?" He also made me wear rubber nipples. It was amazing to be in a situation where you have to create but you don't feel any pressure. He had such confidence that it made things really easy. There's a natural sort of process of something coming to life, which I really liked. It was like, "We're here, and let's make you lay on a bed of nails." But it didn't seem contrived or overly thought-out. It was easy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“What a jolly thing military surveillance is!”

Source : Belle Boyd (1865). “Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison”, p.382
“The process of growth is, it seems, the art of falling down. Growth is measured by the gentleness and awareness with which we once again pick ourselves up, the lightness with which we dust ourselves off, the openness with which we continue and take the next unknown step, beyond our edge, beyond our holding, into the remarkable mystery of being.”

Source : Stephen Levine (1984). “Meetings at the edge: dialogues with the grieving and the dying, the healing and the healed”, Anchor Books
“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”
“The true Way is sublime. It can't be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can't read a word.”
“There is no 'grand conspiracy' preventing your from accomplishing what you need to do.”
“I found every single laugh as Laertes that you can find and only realized later that you really shouldn't find any at all.”
“There's a part of me that wants to be known and make a comfortable living but still be able to go grocery shopping. My overall idea of success is having people I want to work with want to work with me.”

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