"For years my only purpose was to do documentary photos for magazines, without any idea that they were part of a larger project. It was as if I were carried along by a stream - even though I believed that the current was taking me in the right direction."

-- Hiroshi Hamaya

#Years Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.”
“God is with you, and He'll help you make spiritual progress-strengthening and encouraging you to keep on keeping on during rough times. It's easy to quit, but it takes faith to press on to victory.”
“Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it. ... The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”
“The Nazis victimized some people for what they did, some for what they refused to do, some for what they were, and some for the fact that they were.”
“I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.”
“When you want to get good at something, how you spend your time practicing is far more important than the amount of time you spend.”
“I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals. If they were influenced by Macbeth, they were also influenced by Nigerian plays I had seen and Village Headmaster, a television drama series I had watched as a child.”
“Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.”

Source : "Woodman, Spare That Tree" l. 1 (1830) See Thomas Campbell 2

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