Duane Michals Quotes
The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
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We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you can say anything, and it gets repeated and becomes fact when it isn't. It's something the entire world is going to have to come to grips with.
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.
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We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.
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The best thing about being an author is writing stories and having people - strangers all over the world - connect with them.
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I'm interested in the way the whole cultural landscape can shift over time. Okay, this will seem like a silly example, but look at the whole discourse around "selling out," a concept people say is irrelevant because there's no more distinction between mainstream and underground, inside and outside (which I don't really believe, but that's another issue).
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No matter how rich you are, you can't get healthy air.
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Neither men nor women are exempt from killing loved ones. The difference is in what happens to them when they do. Twelve distinct female-only defenses allow a woman who commits a premeditated murder to have the charges dropped or significantly reduced. No man has successfully used any of these defenses in similar circumstances.
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When I came into my adulthood, I recognized how fortunate I was to be doing what I loved to do.
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The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing.
