"Because I have conducted my own operas and love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and sometimes, at winter afternoon concerts, have even conducted in them; because I was a militant suffragette and seized a chance of beatingÂ time to The March of the Women from the window of my cell in Holloway Prison with a tooth-brush; because I have written books, spoken speeches, broadcast, and don't always make sure that my hat is on straight; for these and other equally pertinent reasons, in a certain sense I am well known."

-- Ethel Smyth

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“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”
“Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt.”
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.”

Source : "The 2,000 Year Old Man". Animation, Comedy, 1975.
“There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament.”
“I'm not conflicted. Because I know. There's me, and there's the show.”

Source : "Leaving the Fold; Act One". "This American Life", episode 258, www.thisamericanlife.org. January 30, 2004.
“To have courage, one must first be afraid. The deeper the fear, the more difficult the climb toward courage.”
“Objectivity is just male subjectivity.”

Source : "Co-Creation: From the Outside Looking In" by Ken Carbone, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 11, 2016.
“Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.”

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