"Los Angeles functions for me as a kind of holy template. It is postwar America."

-- Michael Light

#America Quotes #Kind Quotes #Los Angeles Quotes

“If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.”
“In every species of fish I've angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that keep fresh in my memory. So I say it is good to lose fish. If we didn't, much of the thrill of angling would be gone.”

Source : Ray Bergman (1938). “Trout: Fly Plates in Full Color Painted by Edgar Burke; Photographs of Fly Tying by Charles S. Krug; Also Many Diagrams in Line by Ivin Sickles”
“Our laws governing lobbying and campaign contributions have struck the right balance between the wishes of the people and those of private industry, so why are we so quick to doubt that the same great results can be achieved by putting the government's justice-dealing branch on the same market-based course?”
“Perk, from the minute you got here... I hated you before you got here... But the moment you got here, man, you just changed my whole perception of you. Just one of the best teammates I ever had. I just thank you so much. The late night calls after tough games, you texting me, telling me I'm the MVP. That means a lot to me, man. Thank you.”
“The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.”

Source : "The future of labor-management cooperative programs" by John Raymond Phillips, (p. 149), 1986.
“Age and want sit smiling at the gate.”
“Everyone I'm photographing, I feel like I'm remaking a family, in a way. My brothers and sisters are my heroes. So many of my models resemble them.”
“I have a little journal that I always keep with me, and when I need to, I'll write poems and things. It really helps to clear my head.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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