Eve Arnold Quotes
I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me.
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I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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I've had many ideas come from clients.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.
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I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I found a sand dollar there.
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I had 12 years in the Army before I ever faced combat.
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A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
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Throughout my career, even as a very young actor, people have always said to me that they would like to see my Othello. They could see something of him in me, I suppose.
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Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.
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It's when you're true to yourself that resonates with other people.
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I don't understand what the big deal is with gay marriage. Get over it, people.
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The downturn following the collapse of Japan's so-called bubble economy of the 1980s was not as severe as the Great Depression.
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You can't take yourself too seriously.
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The president is always made fun of.
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Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under the one-drop rule, any discernible African ancestry stamps a person as 'black.'
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The ability to make fire at will. It allowed us light to see in the darkness, warmth against the cold, a tool to cook our food.’ He gestured vaguely in the direction of the Delta’s engines. ‘Fire is what eventually led to travel across the black beyond, the ability to start a new life on a New World.
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I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me.
