John Sexton Quotes

It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include.

John Sexton

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BeautifulGreenMovingLookingFind

When I was 13, I read 'Et la paix dans le monde, Docteur?' a physician's account of working with Medecins Sans Fontieres during the Soviet presence in Afghanistan. It was this book that inspired me to work for MSF.

Joanne Liu

WorkMeBookPhysicianAfghanistan

I had this thesis that we had entered the experience economy. People were getting married later and starting to value experiences like travel over owning things.

Jennifer Hyman

ExperienceTravelValuePeopleOver

Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.

Andrea Hirata

StupidityWritingFightingRisk

If you're gonna make connections which are innovative... you have to not have the same bag of experiences as everyone else does.

Steve Jobs

ConnectionsBagYouSameEveryone

The Rykiel woman? She doesn't have time to stop time. She's too busy running. In her hands she's carrying a tote, a baby, a book, a camera.

Sonia Rykiel

TimeWomanBabyBookBusyCamera

If you have a lot of nature in your city, it becomes a more enjoyable place. That's my own feeling about it.

Stone Gossard

NatureCityYouFeelingPlaceMore

One of my most persistent, long-term fantasy wishes is not that I could fly or become invisible, but that I could make sound recording be invented decades or even centuries earlier than it was, so I could hear what people in the 1830s or 1750s actually sounded like.

Tom Reiss

PeopleFlyWishesFantasyBecome

That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am.

Roger Rees

LifeI AmMy LifeTragedyAlwaysAm

Wherever possible, I like to use home-grown or locally produced ingredients.

Mary Berry

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I can't imagine not working, really. I just think work's more fun than fun.

Mary Quant

WorkFunThinkMoreImagineWorking

I grew up in a family of people who were obsessed with fashion.

Michael Kors

FamilyPeopleFashionUpWhoWere

I love that synergy between being entertainers and having people respond. There's no greater reward.

Ming-Na Wen

LovePeopleRewardSynergyRespond

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