"[My work] includes something about death, and about love, because the photos always have something to do with death. The photograph is like taxidermy. It is like the animals I use. They are posed in order to appear to be alive, but they are dead. Their time has passed. The photos have to do with time and loss, and conclusion."

-- Annette Messager

#Loss Quotes #Animal Quotes #Love Is Quotes

“Just one more word. If I ever run into any of you bums on the street corner, just let's pretend we never met before.”
“A rationalist, as I use the word, is a man who attempts to reach decisions by argument and perhaps, in certain cases, by compromise, rather than by violence. He is a man who would rather be unsuccessful in convincing another man by argument than successful in crushing him by force, by intimidation and threats, or even by persuasive propaganda.”
“We all want to be liked, loved, or needed. That is fine. What is not fine is what we are willing to do to make sure we are liked, or loved or needed. When we make the needs and wants of others a priority in our lives, we devalue ourselves.”
“When the Chinese government tells its citizens that they can worship in a certain building on a certain day, but once they leave that building they must bow to the secular orthodoxy of the state, you have a cynical lie at work. Theyâ€™ve substituted a toothless â€˜freedom of worshipâ€™ for â€˜freedom of religionâ€™.”

Source : "Raising Good Men". Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. May 4, 2013.
“Anyone who promises you something that you have not earned is seeking to enslave you.”

Source : Source: www.lotusguide.com
“I have never been unfaithful to a partner and would find it immoral to be involved with a married man”
“When you get down to the nitty gritty, isn't it a pity that in this big city not one little bitty man will admit that he could have been a little wrong.”
“Sometimes we complain, but there is something beautiful about waking up before everyone to get better at what we love.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 06, 2013

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