"My shadow serves as the friend I crave"

-- Anna Akhmatova

“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.”
“I just want to apologize in advance that I donâ€™t have enough subpoenas for all of you.”

Source : "The brash New York prosecutor who's indicting left and right" by Sally Jenkins, wapo.st. March 29, 2015.
“Water, like many other resources is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to the survival of all forms of life. The underlying question that sits at the core of my exploration is to what degree can we shape water before it begins to shape us.”

Source : "Let Me Tell You Why Water Matters". Interview with Edward Burtynsky, www.huffingtonpost.ca. February 7, 2012.
“I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience; what things are funny and not.”
“Part of the strength of Pollock and Rothko's art, in fact, is this doubt as to whether art may be there at all.”
“Literature for meâ€¦ tries to heal the harm done by stories. (How much harm? Most of the atrocities of history have been created by stories, e.g., the Jews killed Jesus.) I follow Sartre that the freedom the author claims for herself must be shared with the reader. So that would mean that literature is stories that put themselves at the disposal of readers who want to heal themselves. Their healing power lies in their honesty, the freshness of their vision, the new and unexpected things they show, the increase in power and responsibility they give the reader.”
“I took a leave of absence from the internet company where I was working and bought a camera and a copy of Final Cut Pro editing software and made my first feature film, "Street Fight." It followed a crazy, racially charged mayoral election in Newark, NJ in which a young guy named Cory Booker was taking on the political machine of that city. It went on to be nominated for an Oscar and Emmy and was a real example of DIY film-making.”
“It was the Magic Hour, the moment in time when every leaf and blade of grass seemed to separate, when sunlight, burnished by the rain and softened by the coming night, gave the world an impossibly beautiful glow.”

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