"Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb."

-- Nadine Gordimer

#Power Quotes #Sides Quotes #Innocence Quotes

“Ninety to ninety-five percent of people will withdraw to the comfort zone when what they try doesn't work. Only that small percentage, 5 or 10 percent, will continually improve themselves; they will continually push themselves out into the zone of discomfort, and these are always the highest performers in every field.”
“When I started, we had just the camera and the person, mostly. And if you wanted to do a dolly shot, particularly working in Chicago where I began, you'd get in the back trunk of a car, and you'd have a friend drive the car, or you'd get in some kid's little wagon that he plays with and have someone pull that for dolly shots.”

Source : "Remembering Oscar-Winning Cinematographer Haskell Wexler". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 29, 2015.
“I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.”

Source : Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women: Autobiographical Sketches”, p.23, Library of Alexandria
“If someone states that Ajax played a negative game then maybe we are smarter than Manchester City.”
“Faith is a padlock of the mind, and few keys can open it.”

Source : "Don McLeroy Leaves Creationist Comment: Evolution Can’t Explain 'Biochemical Complexity'". "Why Evolution is True" blog by Jerry Coyne, whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com. January 30, 2013.
“Give people knowledge and they really eat it up and they appreciate it a lot and the more that knowledge is made available to people, the more they will utilize it and let it be a part of them.”
“When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I am old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug.”

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