"There was someone there and they had been there. There was no one there. There was someone there and they had been there and they had not left but there was no one there."

-- Cormac McCarthy

“Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, the Web or social media. They are much more proficient with technology than prior generations since they use it for all their school work, communication and entertainment.”
“The main reason why I'm a documentary filmmaker is the power of the medium. The most powerful films I've seen have been documentaries. Of course, there are some narrative films that I could never forget, but there are more documentaries that have had that impact on me.”
“Pluck not the wayside flower; It is the traveler's dower.”

Source : William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”
“Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer.”
“Harvard just took that option out of our hands. He is truly on his own now.”
“The big difference between animal liberation activists and other so-called 'terrorists' is the targets; no innocent victims are ever targeted in animal lib campaigns. If you are not abusing and exploiting animals, there is no need to fear for one's safety.”
“I do cook whenever the time permits. But my daughter Isha is a much better cook than I am.”
“For there is nothing quite so terror-inducing as the loss of sleep. It creates phantoms and doubts, causes one to questions one's own abilities and judgement, and, over time, dismantles, from within, the body.”

Source : Claud Cockburn (1956). “A Discord of Trumpets: An Autobiography”

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