"I found that each time I opened my camera and filmed Jerusalem, its image was overtaking what I wanted to express."

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Source : "TIFF 2015 Women Directors: Meet Danae Elon – ‘P.S. Jerusalem’". Interview with Freja Dam, www.indiewire.com. September 11, 2015.

Danae Elon

#Cameras Quotes #Jerusalem Quotes #Found Quotes

“Youâ€™re sleeping with an assassin, running for your life every single day from men who want to kill you and youâ€™re convinced youâ€™re going to die of discomfort.”
“Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.”

Source : 1926 Jazz.
“The darkest day in life is the one in which we expect something for nothing.”
“Once when my father-in-law was leaving the house after lunch to return to the field to work, my mother-in-law said, 'Albert, you get right back in here and tell me you love me.' He grinned and jokingly said, 'Elsie, when we were married, I told you I loved you, and if that ever changes, I'll let you know.' It's hard to overuse the expression, 'I love you.' Use it daily.”
“There's very few dork movies made by dorks.”
“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”

Source : Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor
“Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.”
“If I had my way, I'd end all wars and poverty. We should all be more aware of what's going on in the world around us and less ignorant.”

Source : "Adora Svitak Likes French Philosophy, Reads Three Novels A Day, Has Written 400 Short Stories And Champions Feminism And World Peace. She Is 8". www.mirror.co.uk. September 28, 2006.

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