"Traveling provides occasions for shaking oneself up but not, as people believe, freedom. Indeed it involves a kind of reduction: deprived of oneâ€™s usual setting, the customary routine stripped away like so much wrapping paper, the traveller finds himself reduced to more modest proportions - but also more open to curiosity, to intuition, to love at first sight."

-- Nicolas Bouvier

#Believe Quotes #Sight Quotes #People Quotes

“Ibrahim tells his story without a grain of complaint, and this was true for all of the band members. This is very much part of the Cuban spirit and soul.”
“To my friends: My work is done. Why wait? (suicide note)”
“I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.”
“Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle”
“James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them.”
“Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world.”

Source : Gabriela Mistral, Doris Dana (1971). “Selected poems of Gabriela Mistral”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
“Air travel survived decades of terrorism, including attacks which resulted in the deaths of everyone on the plane. It survived 9/11. It'll survive the next successful attack. The only real worry is that we'll scare ourselves into making air travel so onerous that we won't fly anymore.”
“If you do the math, films featuring women are a good investment.”

Source : "Guest Interview: Geoffrey S. Fletcher: Writer, Director of 'Violet & Daisy'". Interview with Justine Browning, www.indiewire.com. June 17, 2013.

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