Elliott Erwitt Quotes
I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.Elliott Erwitt
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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We need to make clear the federal government does not have authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without due process or, for that matter, to use lethal force on U.S. citizens on U.S. soil if they don't pose imminent threats.
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The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the relationship never changed with my friends and family.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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I was born in East Germany, before the wall came down. We sort of escaped, I guess. I grew up all over the place. Germany, London, back and forth between Minnesota and Germany. I was sort of an army brat, but not in the army.
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I just work out hard enough that, if I'm craving something, I eat it and know I'm going to burn it off the next day with extra intensity.
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In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.
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People are going to go where they get characters that they remember.
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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
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Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the Ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
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When we fought for freedom, for the establishment of a Jewish state, we didn't send a questionnaire to the Jewish nation asking if it wanted a Jewish state.
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To kill yourself for earning a salary is not worth it.
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Wisdom is at all times the least burdensome traveling pack.
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An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.
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The issue of immigration is one of the most complex and politically difficult issues because there is so much passion on all sides.
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There's a strange sense of pleasure being beat to hell by a storm when you're on a ship that is not going to sink.
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I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.
Elliott Erwitt
