Mary Ellen Mark Quotes
In 1965, I was in Trabzon in eastern Turkey on a Fulbright scholarship. I would get up every morning and walk around the streets and look for photographs.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at that, you do see him cooking, and ultimately he's a good father because he spends a lot of time with the boys.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to really make it a challenge. I don't know how to create by taking the easy routes. I've tried, you know, I've tried to let myself, but I always struggle to compensate.
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Each album takes two or two-and-a-half years to finish between recording and touring. It's like being with an old boyfriend every single night watching the same things on TV. There is a world out there going on that I'm missing.
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We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
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When someone calls you 'gay,' there's not much you can do about that because I am. Whereas, if someone calls you fat, there is something you can do about that.
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Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.
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I like to look strong and commanding.
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The United States was an innocent victim after September 11. It had never attacked or occupied Afghanistan. So therefore it had no choice but to go after the aggressors.
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I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.
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Because we self-published 'Draculas,' we control the rights. Not just for now, but forever.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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I'm letting competition drive me, and when competition drives me, I don't think anyone can compete with me.
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Know the difference between your necessary and discretionary expenses.
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I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me.
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Stand-up is the only thing I have complete control over. There's something to be said for that.
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If you're gay and you can't hold hands, or you're black and you can't catch a taxi, or you're a woman and you can't go into the park, you are aware there's a menace. That's costly on a psychic level. The world should be striving to make all its members secure.
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In 1965, I was in Trabzon in eastern Turkey on a Fulbright scholarship. I would get up every morning and walk around the streets and look for photographs.
