Paul Strand Quotes
The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life, but it also comes from the mind and the heart of the artist. The photograph is his vision of the world and expresses, however subtly, his values and convictions.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to pull you in. On TV or in movies, everything is so small. You can just lock into a character and ease yourself into that way.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
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I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.
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Life is about perspective and how you look at something... ultimately, you have to zoom out.
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Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.
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I think and that is all that I am.
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I find that people in the food world are amazingly willing to talk about what they are doing, even when those things are quasi-legal or taboo.
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A decision was made to ensure that this substitute will not be teaching in any of our schools in Prince George's County.
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The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life, but it also comes from the mind and the heart of the artist. The photograph is his vision of the world and expresses, however subtly, his values and convictions.
