"I have always felt that documentaries are an opportunity for me to witness a world that I know nothing about."

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Source : "Sundance 2016 Women Directors: Meet Chris Hegedus – ‘Unlocking the Cage’". www.indiewire.com. January 23, 2016.

Chris Hegedus

#Opportunity Quotes #World Quotes #Documentaries Quotes

“Anyone who enjoys inner peace is no more broken by failure as he is inflated by success. He is able to fully live his experiences in the context of a vast and profound serenity, since he understands that experiences are ephemeral and that it is useless to cling to them.”

Source : Matthieu Ricard (2011). “The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill”, p.26, Atlantic Books Ltd
“With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our nation's historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits this disregard of polytheists and believers in unconcerned deities, just as it permits the disregard of devout atheists.”
“Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. 100 years from now your hands will rot like dust in your grave. You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can make magic.”
“Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words.”
“In its heyday, Hollywood reflected, if it did not actually produce, the sexual climate of our land.”

Source : Anita Loos (1974). “Kiss Hollywood good-by”, Viking Adult
“A lot of people want to make films and do photography and things, but I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Risk the stuff. It's worthless anyway. But don't make the insane choice of sacrificing your happiness for stuff.”
“The best way to learn a language may be an episode of jail in a foreign country.”

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