Mario Testino Quotes
I'm really in no one city more than two months during the year. I'm constantly having to readapt my eye to new locations.
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There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
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Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics in urban areas.
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
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My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.
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You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.
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School taught me how to do a 9-5 job rather than be a person who wants to start a business.
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My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.
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Every city and town in America would be bankrupt if they kept their books the way private-sector companies keep their books - because of the obligation cities and towns have taken upon themselves to provide health care for their retirees.
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Chicago is the greatest of all baseball cities. I make no exception, although I have been treated well wherever I have been. It is the greatest city because the fans will stick to a loser season after season. I have had my share of defeats, so I should know.
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And otherwise normal men become monsters, too.
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I'm really in no one city more than two months during the year. I'm constantly having to readapt my eye to new locations.
