"It wasn't until I moved to New York that I decided to make a conscious effort to be myself."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Kumail Nanjiani

#New York Quotes #Effort Quotes #Conscious Quotes

“It is as if only irrelevance can be promoted as art.”

Source : James Elkins (2011). “What Photography Is”, p.124, Routledge
“Amer savoir, celui qu'on tire du voyage! Bitter is the knowledge gained in travelling.”
“P.E. was my life in school. Without it, I wouldn't be standing here. It gave me confidence when I was an overweight kid with a speech impediment.”
“Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.”
“Archie became absolutely still, afraid that the rapid beating of his heart might betray his sudden knowledge, the proof of what he'd always suspected, not only of Brother Leon but most grownups, most adults: they were vulnerable, running scared, open to invasion.”
“Odd that a thing is most itself when likened”

Source : Richard Wilbur (2006). “Collected Poems 1943-2004”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I tend to always carry a camera with me. I live next to a fire station, and I've got lots of photos of the hook and ladder coming out of the house. And I like food, so I tend to photograph wonderfully presented food all the time. To me those are very pleasant memories.”
“Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hair. His voice was so low that I was the only one who could hear. 'I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful.”

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