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Light Quotes
Sometimes clarity just needs a light switch.
A few of these use light as a metaphor for clearing out what no longer serves you, while others are about the literal, practical light a film crew depends on. For hopeful reading in the same spirit, see our Hope quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Heavier
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both the Winter and the Summer Solstices are expressions of love. They show us the opposition of light and dark, expansion and contraction, that characterize our experiences in the Earth school so that we can recognize our options as we move through our lives.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, I love painting. I love looking. I love the fact that they don't move. They constantly change with the light. They are sort of patient.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the earliest age, when I saw a 'wet paint' sign, I had to touch the paint to see if it was wet. When I get stopped at the stoplight in the middle of the night, and there's just no cars coming, and the light is red, I go. I don't think I'm putting anyone in harm's way, and I'll just take the consequences. Because I'm a Libertarian.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think it's good for anyone to be in the public light - for negative reasons.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you come across someone colorful and vibrant maybe in the present it isn't so interesting, but, in the past, it sheds a wonderful light onto living life.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first thought is always of light.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What naturally you want to do if you were a prominent person in the public light and you are disgraced, you want to make a comeback, and normally that begins with somebody saying, 'I want to do something to help people. I want to do something to help the lepers in the Third World. I want to do something to help abandoned wives in India.'
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have this threadbare caftan from the '60s that I got at a vintage store years ago - it's basically a muumuu. My friends are astonished that I wear it, but I love it. It's this light fabric that just moves with me.
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