"Every photograph that is made whether by one who considers himself a professional, or by the tourist who points his snapshot camera and pushes a button, is a response to the exterior world, to something perceived outside himself by the person who operates the camera."

-- Eliot Porter

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“I tried to make guitars that were close to what my heroes played. That's the way it's done. My experience is that you have to do it like a musician. You have to learn the language before you can learn to be a novelist.”
“Generally, I start by observing the existing and popular narratives in my social spheres and media, and the pressures I face in my own life experiences. As someone who is "newly" trans, I am constantly thinking about what the dominant narratives are around transness, how my work can push against these narratives, and how it already falls into these traps.”
“The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.”
“I loved her for so long. Our past trails behind us like a comet's tail, the future stretched out before us like the universe. Things happen. People get lost and love breaks.”

Source : Jonathan Tropper (2010). “This Is Where I Leave You”, p.307, Hachette UK
“I think that The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.”
“When we align our thoughts, emotions, and actions with the highest part of ourselves, we are filled with enthusiasm, purpose and meaning. Life is rich and full. We have no thoughts of bitterness. We have no memory of fear. We are joyously and intimately engaged with our world. This is the experience of authentic power”
“I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts.”
“Player for player, there’s  no better working band in jazz than The Cookers.”

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