"we live in a world of excess: too many kinds of coffee, too many magazines, too many types of bread, too many digital recordings of Beethoven's Ninth, too many choices of rearview mirrors on the latest Renault. Sometimes you say to yourself: It's too much, it's all too much."

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Source : Corinne Maier (2005). “Bonjour laziness: jumping off the corporate ladder”, Pantheon

Corinne Maier

#Coffee Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Choices Quotes

“Obviously, in journalism, you're confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it's in us. It makes things more interesting, a closer call. But journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one.”
“Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.”
“I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend the needy from the aggressively greedy. I've led a blessed life. What a kick for a kid from the projects.”
“When we acknowledge a child's feelings, we do him a great service. We put him in touch with his inner reality. And once he's clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.”

Source : Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, Joanna Faber (2012). “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk”, p.25, Simon and Schuster
“My philosophy is that if you're playing a moment truthfully, that it's a funny moment, then hopefully it will be funny. I like to just go for a truth in the work as much as I can. There's a lack of ego when you're working with comedy that I really love. It's hard to come up with something funny. It's become a fun game in a way. Everyone is going for the gold, for that humor.”
“Shouldnt we be the light brigades rather than the bandwagon?”
“Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.”
“I find it fascinating to see other people's photos on social media but I don't upload pictures myself. I don't even know how to. I'm completely digital-phobic.”

Source : Source: www.ft.com

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