Imogen Cunningham Quotes
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The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure during the past several centuries.
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.
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It's a compulsion. I'm always changing parts of me. Even when I was young, I wanted to change my hair color. I was so determined that I dyed my hair with Kool-Aid.
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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
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The clash of civilizations or the clash between Islam and the West may be cliches. But there is an even bigger cliche around: that this clash actually goes on within Islam, between reformists and fanatics.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
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The thing I love most about going to a book store is the self-help section is the biggest section because Americans know we're screwed up. We know it. But we want to get better.
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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
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The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
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It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'!
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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I came up with this statistic that if a kid makes something himself, he's 90 to 95% likely to try it. And of course, then, if it's good, he'll eat it!
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I was not the popular kid in school.
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Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.
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I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.
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We're more familiar with what economists call an English auction - prices start low and rise as people bid. However, there is also the Dutch auction, where prices start high and go lower until somebody bites. Movies are sold to the audience via a very slow Dutch auction, where each phase between price drops can last weeks or months.
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Prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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We have been influenced by you in the U.S. a lot. Not because anybody exerted pressure on us - if anyone puts pressure on us, we go the other way. But if you put a movie in the cinema and I watch it, I will be influenced.
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Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.