"Photography is a medium of formidable contradictions. It is both ridiculously easy and almost impossibly difficult. It is easy because its technical rudiments can readily be mastered by anyonwith a few simple instructions. It is difficult because, while while the artist working in any other medium begins with a blank surface and gradually brings his conception into being, the photographer is the only imagemaker who begins with the picture completed. His emotions, his knowledge, and his native talent are brought into focus and fixed beyond recall the moment the shutter of his camera has closed."

-- Edward Steichen

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“I can't root for Jimmie Johnson to win the Nextel Cup b/c of all of his Super Bowl wins.”
“Citizens everywhere, and especially soldiers, should remember that entrenched bureaucracy, whatever the level, can be overcome. You've got to stick to it, be polite but firm, and just not take no for an answer.”
“Writers will be judged by what they write.”
“Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life.”
“The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind death stone alone, with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jon Krakauer from Jul 27, 2012
“Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.”
“I'm a real dumb-dumb in real life. I'm just book smart. But definitely not street smart. The other day I lost my jacket in a cab. And I'll forget things every time I leave the house.”

Source : "'Heroes' Masi Oka is super-geeky". Interview with Florangela Davila, www.seattletimes.com. May 14, 2007.
“It is better to will the good than to know the truth,”

Source : "The Renaissance : Essays in Interpretation". Book by André Chastel (p. 107), en.wikiquote.org. 1982.

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