"I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're taking liberties with."

-- William Least Heat-Moon

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“Have a philosophy of investment and try to follow it.”
“I have a unique ability to mock everything. I'm a sponge by nature, thats what my environment made me.”
“Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.”

Source : Plotinus (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Plotinus - Complete Enneads (Illustrated)”, p.31, Delphi Classics
“It is not fear that stops you from doing the brave and true thing in your daily life. Rather, the problem is avoidance. You want to feel comfortable so you avoid doing or saying the thing that will evoke fear and other difficult emotions. Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run but, it will never make you less afraid.”

Source : FaceBook post by Harriet Lerner from Sep 23, 2016
“I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film - now that's a whole other world. The sheer grand scale of the way things are done over there makes me envious; it's just so different from the way things are done in Japan.”
“One time Allie and I skipped school and went to see this foreign film called Los Diablos, where these villagers found a glowing blue ball and peeled pieces off of it to see what was inside. Only the ball was really radioactive, and they all died from the poison. I think thatâ€™s what happens when you look too deep inside for the truth. The poison comes out, and you die, even though you have beautiful glowing pieces of blue truth in your fingers.”
“The desire to discover, the desire to move, to capture the flavor, three concepts that describe the art of photography.”
“We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.”

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