Nan Goldin Quotes
I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.
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Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.
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I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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Networks can typically invest tens of millions of dollars in the development of a pilot. And if they put the show on the air and it fails, that's all lost money. There's no monetization of a broken series.
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Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.
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We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.
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Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results.
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If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thinking!
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I think there's this essential human desire to have a unified field theory. Everyone is like, 'I want to unlock the single secret to 'Lost.' There isn't any one secret. There is not a unified field theory for 'Lost,' nor do we think there should be, because philosophically, we don't buy into that as a conceit.
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I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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My mom once lost track of me at the zoo and when she found me I was lecturing a man about the difference between dromedary and Bactrian camels. I was about 3 1/2.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
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For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation.
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I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.
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My American accent is really, really good. I started out in the theater, doing all different characters with all different accents. When I first came to America, I thought I would be playing American, all the time. It was just weird how it worked out that I played more international characters.
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Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.
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I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.
