"Part of the difficulty in trying to be both an artist and a businessperson is this: You make a picture because you have seen something beyond price; then you are to turn and assign to your record of it a cash value. If the selling is not necessarily a contradiction of the truth in the picture, it is so close to being a contradictionâ€”and the truth is always in shades of gray-that you are worn down by the threat."

-- Robert Adams

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“I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission.”
“I lived in Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. It was, for a Westerner, pretty idyllic. There were the religious police; there were the rules; there were the prayer times. But it was as if we were existing in two separate universes. The Westerners were just allowed to get on with their way of life.”
“So I plan to prepare thoroughly and have several outfits waiting in the wings in case of inclement weather.”
“I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team.”
“If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in true consciousness of our existence, then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives.”

Source : Bruno Bettelheim (1976). “The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales”, Knopf
“Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness in the UK, and beyond, Labour really is the only choice.”
“The only thing on my mind now is getting that World Series ring.”

Source : "This date in '86: Gary Carter's big day" by Mark Simon, www.espn.com. October 22, 2011.
“It's really important to do everything that you possibly can to stay true to yourself.”

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