James Nachtwey Quotes
I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.
Quotes to Explore
-
Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
-
I do not feel remorse. Everybody makes mistakes in war.
-
In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.
-
The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
-
I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill gangster film; it was a love story.
-
I would really like to play someone contemporary, as I've done lots of period pieces. I would love to play an American bimbo or a grimy Londoner. But I'm probably more suited in people's minds to playing a corseted victim.
-
I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.
-
Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable.
-
Forget your opponents; always play against par.
-
We are all trying to achieve our dreams.
-
He had that self-reproachful feeling of having been remiss which comes to Generals who wake up one morning to discover that they have carelessly allowed themselves to be outflanked.
-
It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of reason is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs.
-
The usual reason companies are funded or valued on the stock market for not having a current profit is because the investors believe there will be a future profit.
-
I think Katy B encapsulates young London in a way I never could. She reps London harder than anyone song-wise since Lily Allen.
-
When you are mute, you become a good listener - it's all one-way. You appreciate the written word. You appreciate the sound.
-
Once I could drive, I spent all my time in the city going to metal shows. I missed the first couple of Metallica shows because I was lame. By the time I got into them, they were playing places like the Kabuki.
-
God never made a promise that was too good to be true.
-
So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the '80s!
-
The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.
-
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity.
-
Nobody would say, 'I'm voting for this guy because he's got the stronger chin,' but that, in fact, is partly what happens.
-
Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up your audition process. I was very bad at auditioning, and I always went in to it saying ‘God I hope I don’t screw this up.’ But at the same time, the directors are saying, ‘God, I hope this person is the savior.’ You have to remember is that the worst thing that could happen is you don’t get the job you don’t already have.
-
I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.
