"In real life, however, you don't react to what someone did; you react only to what you think she did, and the gap between action and perception is bridged by the art of impression management. If life itself is but what you deem it, then why not focus your efforts on persuading others to believe that you are a virtuous and trustworthy cooperator?"

-- Jonathan Haidt

#Life Quotes #Art Quotes #Real Quotes

“But obviously, we're looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it.”
“To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death.”
“I am suspicious and disillusioned about the uses and misuses of photography in the art world, the press, and the world of entertainment. And to make things more complicated, I don't think that the general public is well educated regarding images. Generally we are taught how to read, but we are not taught how to look.”

Source : "The Aesthetics of Witnessing: A Conversation with Alfredo Jaar". Art Journal Interview with Patricia C. Philips, www.publicart.ie. 2005.
“What you focus on expands. Focus on what you are best at and you will be unstoppable.”
“Love lives in sealed bottles of regret.”
“We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.”

Source : Douglas Bader (2006). “Douglas Bader: Fight for the Sky”, p.19, Pen and Sword
“When I was a little boy, I always wanted to run. I loved competing with my friends.”
“I think it would be really fun to film a drama in a foreign country. If the opportunity presents itself, I want to film a Chinese production.”

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