Eve Arnold Quotes
If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home.
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I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple songs, but I prefer something a bit more complicated, which is more meaningful to the creator.
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.
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A lot of people don't know that I had a special appearance in 'Keratam'; that was my first Telugu film. I only shot for four to five days. When they called me, I said, 'I can't give 60 days for a movie. If you have something for one week or 10 days, then I can accommodate.'
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You learn so much about yourself as an artist. I never would have thought that I could sing every night, you know? Travel and perform every single night, and travel to another city the next day and do it all over again? You learn a lot of new things about yourself, and you make a lot of connections with people.
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The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
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What could a smartphone do for me that would make people go out and buy another one?
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All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.
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It's difficult to tell the truth about how a book begins. The truth, as far as it can be presented to other people, is either wholly banal or too intimate.
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I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry.
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The past could liberate or imprison - it creates a nation's character, provides the nourishment or the poison a people imbibe in their very marrow.
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Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried.
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When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves.
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I will revive the legend of the economic miracle, making the country a place where people have no worry about living and young people merrily go to work.
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People complain that cities don't have fresh, sustainable food, but it's just not true.
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The true wealth of a nation consists not in the stored- up gold but in the intellectual and physical strength of its people.
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In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.
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Unfortunately, actions taken by the Senate ensured that relief from the death tax would only be temporary and that it would come back to life at the full rate again in 2011.
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I have three grandchildren and am hoping for 20.
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If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
