I Quotes
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“I personally witnessed one worker at the Desoto Solar Farm having mental health issues around the equipment. I was later to have a similar experience there.”
“I personally would consider it to be an honour to be fossilized.”
“I personally would go further and say that, if your morality is based, as mine is, on a desire to increase the sum of happiness and reduce suffering, the decision to deliberately give birth to a Down baby, when you have the choice to abort it early in the pregnancy, might actually be immoral from the point of view of the child’s own welfare.”
“I personally would like a lot more stuff around here to make sense. But when something ghastly happens, it is not helpful to many people if you say that it's all part of God's perfect plan, or that it's for the highest good of every person in the drama, or that more will be revealed, even if that is all true. Because at least for me, if someone's cute position minimizes the crucifixion, it's bullshit. Which I say with love.
To use just one Christian example: Christ really did suffer, as the innocent of the earth really do suffer. It's the ongoing tragedy of humans. Our lives and humanity are untidy: disorganized and careworn. Life on earth is often a raunchy and violent experience. It can be agony just to get through the day.
And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth but when people put a pretty bow on scary things instead of saying, 'This is a nightmare. I hate everything. I'm going to go hide in the garage.'...
My understanding of incarnation is that we are not served by getting away from the grubbiness of suffering...
It would be great if we could shop, sleep or date our way out of this. Sometimes we think we can, but it feels that way only for a while. To heal, it seems we have to stand in the middle of the horror, at the foot of the cross, and wait out another's suffering where that person can see us.”
Source: Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott
“I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragoon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least.”
“I personally would rather be a partygoer than a party-thrower.”
“I personally would rather raise my child in New York. It seems like it would be easier to make sure she or he gets a whole bunch of experience and understanding of the world. But, people in general think it's easier to raise a kid when you don't have so much stuff in your face.”
“I personally, only work with people in my business who show excellence. I have a business, the business of enlightenment.”
“I persuade Dad to take me to Miguel's.
At dinner his favorite topic of conversation is the space-time continuum.
This is interesting because
space
and
time
are the only two things
I actually wish he would give me.
I just don't know how to tell him that.”
Source: Worst-Case Collin
“I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.”
Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
“I pestered the hell out of everybody I ran into until I could play the guitar well enough to write and sing with it.”
“I petted the dogs who didn't argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They're wiser than their masters.”
Source: The Dharma Bums
“I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.”
“I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?”
“I phoned the Admiral back.
'It's no use, Admiral, the French speak nothing but French.'
There was a short pause on the end of the line then his voice rattled into life like a sabre.
'They're lying, Tim!'
'What?'
'The French Navy must by law speak English, as English is the international maritime language of the sea.'
'Has anyone told the French that?'
The line went dead for a moment before he thundered, 'Yes Nelson. At the battle of Trafalgar.'
I tried to stifle an irresistibly British giggle not knowing if the Admiral was making a joke or not. I got it right. He was serious.”
Source: In the Bath: Conquering the Channel in a Piece of Plumbing
“I phoned the local ramblers club today and this bloke just went on and on.”
“I photograph [people] as if photographing flowers.”
“I photograph different people all the time. I like to shoot all kinds of people.”
“I photograph from the heart. I adore little babies and I think that shows. My images are really very positive, very simple, and from the heart. Babies speak a universal language.”
“I photograph in public and semi-public spaces that date from various epochs. These are spaces accessible to everyone. They are places where you can meet and communicate, where you can share or receive knowledge, where you can relax and recover. They are spas, hotels, waiting rooms, museums, libraries, universities, banks, churches and, as of a few years ago, zoos. All of the places have a purpose, as for the most part do the things within them.”
“I photograph like a documentarian, but I print like a painter”
“I photograph Nature, which includes human beings.”
“I photograph only something that has to do with me, and I never did anything that I did not want to do. I do not do editorial and I never do advertising. No, my freedom is something I do not give away easily.”
“I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.”
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.”
“I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs.”
“I photograph what interests me. I'm not saying anything different.”
“I photographed Arthur Coble and his sons Milton and Darrel as they did chores, but the vicious winds made it difficult to see and breathe.”
Source: Documentary photography
“I photographed the entire thing in color because to photograph it in black and white would be to keep it as a tragedy. Because there is a tragic element to photographing, in this case not war, but the collapse. It was just destruction.”
“I physically feel very fit. I’m very motivated to keep on playing on a very high level. I’m going to try to use these years in front of me to fight for the number one of the world and fight for the biggest titles.”
“I physically need to make art. Art isn't just a hobby for me. It's not something that I like. It's an intense passion, an ecstatic love affair, with as much turmoil, frustration, exasperation and need as a forbidden liaison.”
“I pick and choose my battles, but I overthink everything because I have to think about everything.”
“I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear about any offers or options.”
“I pick and pick until the blood coats my fingertips, warm and wonderful.
And I wonder why I ever stopped.”
“I pick first my best team, and my captain from that team and I only pick players that are on form.”
“I pick good women, but I haven't had any luck with my men.”
“I pick it up and turn to a random page and read a sentence — 'Nothing fixes a thing so firmly in the memory as the wish to forget it'.”
Source: How to Stop Time
“I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.”
Source: The Works of Robert Burns: With Dr. Currie's Memoir of the Poet, and an Essay on His Genius and Character
“I pick my feature film battles very carefully. They're going to be personal and they're going to take a lot of my energy. I'm not going to be some big production company and be Jerry Bruckheimer or something like that. It doesn't interest me.”
“I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man.”
“I pick my skin because when I look at myself in the mirror, I see a broken person, someone who is revolting.”
“I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people from the boards, and I get actors who look the parts they have to fill.”
“I pick projects according to how fascinating they are to me, and it has resulted in a broad reach. My records are actually in five different sports: balloons, airplanes, airships, gliders, and sailboats.”
“I pick the hair from her eyes and watch her misery with compassion.”
Source: Early Poems
“I pick things up in different cities, so my wardrobe is kind of a souvenir chest.”
“I pick up my guitar and play. Something might come, and then the pen comes out. Then an edit, until something comes out that you're actually satisfied with.”
“I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.”
“I pick up my teaspoon and take a small bite, and am transported. The cake is nutty and moist, the cream with the barest hint of rum, the dark chocolate ganache smooth and silky with just enough bitterness, the apricot bringing that perfect amount of tart brightness, cutting through the rich flavors, and making the whole thing sing in the mouth. It is perfectly balanced and absolutely amazing, and I'm mentally making notes to see if I can replicate it.”
Source: Wedding Girl
“I pick up my Tom Collins, swirl it around, and take a gulp. The ice bumps my upper lip and reminds me of how cold reality can be.”
Source: Tom Collins: A 'Slightly Crooked' Novel
“I pick up on styles, way before they get popular, pretty much before young kids do. I see 'em coming.”