"Witnessing is the essence of being a documentary filmmaker. Capturing moments in time; never knowing how history will judge them."

-- Pamela Yates

#Essence Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Judging Quotes

“Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.”
“Jesus doesn't care if you feel guilty. Jesus wants you to change.”
“I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work.”
“We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis”
“Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.”
“As I see it, life is an effort to grip before they slip through one's fingers and slide into oblivion, the startling, the ghastly or the blindingly exquisite fish of the imagination before they whip away on the endless current and are lost for ever in oblivion's black ocean.”
“The New Look of Batman is more illustrative and realistic.”
“It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. Itâ€™s a time when we are not safe in the streets or at home or at school or at work and nobody seems to be able to do anything about it. Nobody. Not us. Not our mommas. Not the police. Not the people we elected to look out for our interests. Nobody. Weâ€™re just out here. (p.53)”

Source : Pearl Cleage (1993). “Deals With the Devil: And Other Reasons to Riot”

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