Sebastiao Salgado Quotes
As in any person's life, there have been difficult moments: I have a son with Down's syndrome; through my photography, I have witnessed all manner of human degradation. But there have also been very happy moments.
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I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
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The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed innocent civilians in Dresden and dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets.
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I think I was given a gift to play golf and to be mentally strong.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust.
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing.
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I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.
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It's always nice when people say nice things or are complimentary.
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When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope.
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I'm cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.
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People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
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It is better to be likable than to be talented.
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The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at the bidding of a few malefactors of great wealth.
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Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.
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I was quite happy with the way I went, I think.
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Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
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The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing.
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I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two, but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza.
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He knew something was going to happen and his entire system was waiting on it. He thought it was going to be one of the supreme moments in life but apart from that, he didn't have the vaguest notion what it might be. He pictured himself, after it was over, as an entirely new man, with an even better personality than he had now. He sat there for about fifteen minutes and nothing happened.
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If you take action, you will be judged. There's no way around it. The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored. Up to you.
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As in any person's life, there have been difficult moments: I have a son with Down's syndrome; through my photography, I have witnessed all manner of human degradation. But there have also been very happy moments.
