Bill Brandt Quotes
I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on these operations.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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Why do we have 47 million people without health care? Because America has become about 'me'. What's happened to 'we' as a people? I believe in that and that resonates to most people.
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I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didn't have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way.
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I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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It is always your next move.
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Velvet is great. It's warm as well. And it's snug.
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I like Pirate's Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food.
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It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established propositions as may assist us in the solution of metaphysical problems.
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When I first stepped into the boxing gym, I loved it. I knew it was what I was going to do.
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The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor.
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Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.
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Iran and Iraq have been at war for five years now. The traditional present for a fifth anniversary is wood. Here's a gift suggestion: a big stick to beat some goddamned sense into their heads.
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He always violated your expectations. … He was a character.
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The public has an unusual relationship to the poet: It doesn't even know that he is there.
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Because of who I am, when I sit at a poker table, I meet people who engage me in conversation, not only about poker, but also about the movie business and about the world of celebrities.
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Worry is when you choose from millions of possible thoughts, only the few which deal with a potential misfortune or problem. Once you accept your worrying as the act of choosing specific thoughts, you can consciously make an effort to avoid those thoughts that cause you needless pain and choose more constructive, positive thoughts.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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I feel no nostalgia for our childhood: it was full of violence. Every sort of thing happened, at home and outside, every day, but I don't recall having ever thought that the life we had there was particularly bad. Life was like that, that's all, we grew up with the duty to make it difficult for others before they made it difficult for us.
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I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on these operations.
