"The best journalism is sometimes about footnotesâ€”when we write small to say something big."

-- Anthony Shadid

#Writing Quotes #Journalism Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“Some cameras are heavier and need to be on tripods. Others are small enough to hide in your pocket. There are places where you don't want to feel like you are disturbing anything, so I may use a camera like that.”
“A beaver does not, as legend would have it, know which direction the tree will fall when he cuts it, but counts on alacrity to make up for lack of engineering expertise.”

Source : Ann Zwinger (1970). “Beyond the Aspen Grove”, p.192, Big Earth Publishing
“My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals”
“Whenever I get to a low point, I go back to the basics. I ask myself, "Why am I doing this?" It comes down to passion.”
“Somebody approached me about writing a biography on me, I told them they were too late.”
“Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes”
“He that opposes his own judgment against the consent of the times ought to be backed with unanswerable truths; and he that has truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because of other men's opinions.”
“Autistic children are extremely bright if you can connect to them and bring them into our world. Socially it's really hard for them, but it can happen.”

Source : "Tisha Campbell & Duane Martin: Through the Fire". "Essence.com" Interview, www.essence.com. December 16, 2009.

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