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“The less you need someone's approval, the more you are able to love them.”

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Susan Jeffers was an American psychologist known for her writings on self-empowerment and overcoming fear. Her works encourage people to overcome life's challenges through self-affirmation and positive thinking. more

“Five Truths about Fear Truth 1. The fear will never go away as long as I continue to grow. Truth 2. The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it. Truth 3. The only way to feel better about myself is to go out… and do it. Truth 4. Not only am I going to experience fear whenever I’m on unfamiliar territory, but so is everyone else. Truth 5. Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the underlying fear that comes from a feeling of helplessness.”

Way Feels Long Feelings Grows Five Pushing Going Away Territory Frightening Feel Better Helplessness Unfamiliar Pushing Through Unfamiliar Territory

Author:Susan Jeffers

“If everybody feels fear when approaching something totally new in life—yet so many are out there doing it despite the fear—then we must conclude that fear is not the problem.”

Ifs Feels Problem Despite

Author:Susan Jeffers

“One of the things that I most believe in is the compose and wait philosophy of photography. It’s a very satisfying, almost spiritual way to photograph. Life isn't’ knocking you around, life isn't controlling you. You have picked your place, you’ve picked your scene, you’ve picked your light, you’ve done all the decision making and you are waiting for the moment to come to you.”

Way Believe Done Philosophy Moments Light Spiritual Waiting Decision Scene Photography Photographer Photograph Decision Making Satisfying Knocking

Author:Sam Abell

“There isn't an aspect of book creation I don't enjoy, and there has always been a book in my life to dream about or work on.”

Book Dream Enjoy Creation Aspect Photographer

Author:Sam Abell

“You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition.”

Film Tradition Ties Anachronism

Author:Minnie Driver

“Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of light, a held expression.”

Moments Light Interest Expression Photographer Photograph Finished Evolve Visuals Horizon Strands

Author:Sam Abell

“In almost every photograph I have ever made, there is something I would do to complete it. I take that to be the spirit hole or the deliberate mistake that's in a Navajo rug to not be godlike, but to be human.”

Humans Made Spirit Mistake Photographer Photograph Holes Deliberate Godlike

Author:Sam Abell

“The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation.”

Ifs Given Teach Lessons Expectations Photographer Life Teaches

Author:Sam Abell

“How the visual world appears is important to me. I'm always aware of the light. I'm always aware of what I would call the 'deep composition.' Photography in the field is a process of creation, of thought and technique. But ultimately, it's an act of imaginatively seeing from within yourself.”

World Important Light Process Seeing Creation Fields Photography Photographer Technique Visuals Composition

Author:Sam Abell

“The unusual wins out over the usual.”

Winning Unusual Usual

Author:Sam Abell

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