"It is his absence that is part of me and has been for years. This is who I am, perhaps who we all are, keepers of the absent and the dead. It is the blessing and burden of being alive."

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Source : Camilla Gibb (2007). “Sweetness in the Belly”, p.248, Penguin

Camilla Gibb

#Life Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Who I Am Quotes

“Every time I make a "Mission" movie or other films, people kind of look at me and go, "Well, now what? What's next?" I think there's always going to be another mountain. I think there's something always in store.”
“If geography is prose, maps are iconography,”
“I vow that if I was just an Israeli civilian and I met a Palestinian I would burn him and I would make him suffer before killing him.”
“We are not just these three-dimensional bodies walking around. Our unconscious communicates and other people pick it up and they come to our rescue, or a spirit comes to our rescue.”
“When the world changes, correlation goes awayâ€¦ Causals are what endure.”
“It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say, 'I don't want to be famous.' But the main purpose for doing what I'm doing is the passion in the work.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You have to pay the price - but if you do you can only win.”
“Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.”

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