#akin

A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#chorus #choruses #cooperation #free #free-speech

Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#abolitionist #ahimsa #animals #francione #inspirational-quotes

I remembered and had to keep repeating it: The heart cannot lie. ↗

— Obengbia Leyony

#heartbreak #heartbreaking #inspiration #love #wisdom

Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind. Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things. Their language has been lost. But not the gestures. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#bark #gestures #hear #hearing #listen

We need in every bay and community a group of angelic troublemakers. ↗

— Bayard Rustin

#inspirational #making-a-difference-in-the-world #inspirational

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point. ↗

— Gena Rowlands

#filmmaking #i #i love #independent #lot

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#art #being #best #fascinating #good

RVM Thoughts for Today - "Today, I will treat the day as a special Present. I will not think about yesterday & not worry about tomorrow. ↗

— Rvm

#making-life-fulfilling #motivational #inspirational

I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking. ↗

— Eriq La Salle

#american cinema #become #cinema #disposable #even

'Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times. They even ran a very embarrassing article about me in the local paper, about the weird kid who's seen 'Jaws' 55 times. ↗

— Victor Salva

#article #came #definitive #embarrassing #even