Hegedus Quotes

#1. The humanitarian Carol Hegedus reminds us, Our purpose is that which we most passionately are when we pay attention to our deepest selves.

Mark Nepo

#2. Nostalgia is also a dangerous form of comparison. Think about how often we compare our lives to a memory that nostalgia has so completely edited that it never really existed.

Brene Brown

#3. It is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we ourselves become Buddhas.

Daisaku Ikeda

#4. Not every dog that barks, bites.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#5. I was inspired by Maya Deren because she was the first woman filmmaker whose films I saw. I also loved Fellini and Goddard because they were so different from Hollywood films. But when I saw the cinema verite films that were made by Drew Associates with Leacock and Pennebaker I found my passion.

Chris Hegedus

#6. It's always been difficult for me to find funding for a story that I want to follow in real time. Financiers are hesitant to support a project when they don't know the outcome.

Chris Hegedus

#7. The most important thing is who counts the votes.

Mikhail Gorbachev

#8. Since I shoot, record audio and edit, I was able to begin the filming without hiring a crew and create a sample to show broadcasters and grant organizations.

Chris Hegedus

#9. Scrap the UN," you'd said once. "Warring countries should just get a teenage daughter in the room.

Rosamund Lupton

#10. The longer the president goes without telling his side of the story, the more unease there will be in the public.

George Stephanopoulos

#11. Crowdsourcing is an invaluable resource for filmmakers, but be prepared for an enormous amount of work.

Chris Hegedus

#12. Tomorrow-drop that word from your vocabulary! Tomorrow does not exist, it cannot exist: it is not in the nature of things. Only this day exists.

Rajneesh

#13. I have heard of the stars, of the play of light on the waves
these i would like to see
but far more than sight
i wish for my ears to be opened
the voice of a friend
the imaginations of mozart
life without these is darker by far
than blindness

Helen Keller

#14. Ignoring your conscience is the first violation of Truth.

Suzy Kassem

#15. My favorite film is "Meshes in the Afternoon," a short avant garde film directed by Maya Deren. This was the first film that I saw that was actually directed by a woman.

Chris Hegedus

#16. Learning how to do some of the technical work on the film can be helpful too and allows you to start the film on your own. However, if you are passionate about an idea, just begin.

Chris Hegedus

#17. Even after forty years of directing, shooting and editing films, when I collaborate with a male partner, people still perceive the man as the primary filmmaker.

Chris Hegedus

#18. I have always felt that documentaries are an opportunity for me to witness a world that I know nothing about.

Chris Hegedus

#19. I am in a ridiculous humour,' quoth Eugene; 'I am a ridiculous fellow. Everything is ridiculous. Come along!

Charles Dickens

#20. When Steve Wise told me that he intended to argue in court before a judge that an animal could be a "legal person," it seemed like a novel, possibly far-fetched idea, but the more I thought about it, the more I became intrigued.

Chris Hegedus

#21. If you love your craft there will be passion. Most of my films are with people who are really passionate about what they are doing and know how to do something well.

Chris Hegedus

#22. So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.

Helen Keller

#23. I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling.

Chris Hegedus