"To see something spectacular and recognise it as a photographic possibility is not making a very big leap. But to see something ordinary, something youâ€™d see every day, and recognize it as a photographic possibility - that is what I am interested in."

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Source : "Stephen Shore's best shot" by Leo Benedictus, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2007.

Stephen Shore

#Ordinary Quotes #Possibility Quotes #Bigs Quotes

“Well, Harry Reid and other members of congress, they're just furious over this Olympic uniform deal. He says we should burn the uniforms, and it's an embarrassment and a disgrace. Not as embarrassing as congress constantly borrowing money from the Chinese, but still embarrassing.”
“When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.”
“I've always been aware of the otherworld, of spirits that exist in that twilight place that lies in the corner of our eyes, of fairie and stranger things still that we spy only when we're not really paying attention to them, whispers and flickering shadows, here one moment, gone the instant we turn our heads for a closer look. But I couldn't always find them. And when I did, for a long time I thought they were only this excess of imagination that I carry around inside me, that somehow it was leaking out of me into the world.”
“The way of the samurai is found in death. When it comes to either or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance.”

Source : "Hagakure" by Nabeshima Naoshige, translated by William Scott Wilson, 1979.
“Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.”

Source : Foreword in "Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks: Entrepreneurial Skills, Stories, and Encouragement for Modern Girls" by Stacy Kravetz, 1999.
“Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality. Look steadfastly into the slit, pinpointed malignant eyes of reality as an old-hand trainer dominates his wild beasts.”
“Once on the streets of New York a woman called the police because her child spoke to me.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.”

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