Imogen Cunningham Quotes
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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The little I know I owe to my ignorance.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.
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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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I knew that we were clicking when mimics started kidding my voice, I'll know that I'm on the way out when they stop doing their imitations.
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There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.
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I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.
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We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.
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I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.
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I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.
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Just do what you believe in, and success will follow.
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
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The spot paintings and spin paintings were trying to find mechanical ways to make paintings.
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An interesting insight into the ruthlessness of studio executives: I was having a conversation with Alex Gansa, a creator of 'Homeland,' and I said, 'So you guys must have seen 'Life' and liked me in it, right? That's the most recent thing I've done over here.' And he went, 'No, Damian. You actually nearly didn't get the job because of 'Life.'
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A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.
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I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
