Blogjif Quotes & Sayings

It has a lot to do with just sort of trust in the relationship that builds between the filmmaker and the subject. There are some people who will never be relaxed in front of a camera, and in some ways that's my failing as a filmmaker to not put them at ease. It's also a function of time, and if you have that type of time. — Liz Garbus

In certain cases I don't want to sell tracks individually; I want to only sell the whole album. With simple things like that I just don't get any response [from iTunes]. I don't want to kill iTunes - I just want to offer my own retail experience in my own tiny corner of the Internet. — DJ Shadow

I don't blame you," Genevieve said. "Sunnyvale isn't exactly Paris. — Juliet Blackwell

Everyone had told him to be strong for her, but Finnikin didn't know how to be strong for himself. — Melina Marchetta

You could close your heart to love forever, but you'd miss out on all the good that came with giving and receiving love. You had to decide if it was worth the risk. — J. Sterling

Things don't go on forever, and the quicker you accept that change is inevitable, the happier you're gonna be. — Trey Anastasio

In these circumstances they did what most of us do, and, being ignorant of the truth, persuaded themselves into believing what they wished to believe. — Arrian

A hero is not measured by the lives that he has saved. A hero is measured by the number of the dead that he did not join. — Robert J.A. Gilbert

Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life. — Henry L. Stimson

There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house. — Napoleon Bonaparte

So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation should be adapted as much as possible to suit the burden with equal hand upon all in proportion with their ability of bearing it without oppression. — John Quincy Adams

In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against one another, in the final analysis the thing that will strike you the most, is not who was right or wrong, strong or weak, wise or foolish ... but who would go to the greatest lengths in considering the other's perspective. — Mike Dooley

What stops me from taking myself seriously, even though I am essentially a serious person, is that I find myself extremely ridiculous, not in the sense of the small-scale ridiculousness of slap-stick comedy, but rather in the sense of ridiculousness that seems intrinsic to human life and that manifests itself in the simplest actions and the most extraordinary gestures. — Gustave Flaubert

Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community. — Rod Blagojevich

When someone in privileged circumstances gets a bit bewildered or stymied or maybe stumbles, the light he sees things in will change. But seeing things in a different light doesn't mean he's changed his vantage point. — Soseki Natsume