#ay

The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#confer #convinced #exist #greatest #honors

There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#easy #easy way #i #lightly #name

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#colonial #complex #knows #may #philistine

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#empty #into #life #make #out

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth. ↗

— Mira Nair

#am #cloth #cut #film-maker #first

I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world. ↗

— Mira Nair

#dreamed #even #grew #i #i always

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching. ↗

— Mira Nair

#art #flinching #i #i can #only

I'm always for the person who speaks their mind. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#i #mind #person #speaks #their

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all? ↗

— Joe Namath

#going #way #why #you

It's a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#cares #cartoon #day #doing #environment