"His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are of poor quality. Why is there no sharp focus? There is no clarity!' I said, 'But your Holiness, it's Goyaesque.' And he said, 'No! It's out of focus!'"

-- Richard Gere

#Photography Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Focus Quotes

“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?”

Source : "Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 12, 1972.
“The culture and educational system of the contemporary West are based almost exclusively upon the training of the reasoning brain and, to a lesser degree, of the aesthetic emotions. Most of us have forgotten that we are not only brain and will, senses and feelings; we are also spirit. Modern man has for the most part lost touch with the truest and highest aspect of himself; and the result of this inward alienation can be seen all too plainly in his restlessness, his lack of identity and his loss of hope.”
“What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the tent and create something together? In a twenty-first century way that activates our true potential, we all need to become sworn-again.”
“Private schools have been attacking public schools and really I was just a pawn in their game. I speak at schools of all ages on a regular basis.”

Source : Source: uproxx.com
“I've never been able to read for anything, and every time I have, I've never gotten the part. And I don't know why that is. I just can't. Reading or auditioning for something... It's like it's this mental block in my brain, and I just can't do it. But when people ask you to do stuff without making you go through that, it's a much more pleasant experience.”

Source : "Yo La Tengo Is Here for the Long Haul". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. November 14, 2015.
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
“Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.”
“I have a natural curiosity for people.”

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