Nan Goldin Quotes
I'm very flattered when people I respect like my work. It's like a dream of a little kid when somebody I idolised likes my work.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
Gail Devers -
I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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I'm gonna make my records, whether I release them as Bleachers or something else.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.
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If there's a pregnancy rumor, people will find out it's not true when you wind up not being pregnant, like nine months from now, and if there's a house rumor, they'll find out it's not true when you are actively not ever spotted at that house.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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I pick and choose my battles, but I overthink everything because I have to think about everything.
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The restaurant chefs in Spain are breaking ground, but in terms of the everyday cooking in Spain I still hear people coming back and saying they were disappointed. I think it's because they're expecting the chef stuff.
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How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and after-school programs? What about changing the corporate mind-set about the time commitment it takes to move up the ladder? What about having more husbands step up and take the major load?
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.
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When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
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People are sometimes like: "Oh man, you're so talented and you do a bunch of stuff." I'm not! I swear to god, I'm not. I just like learning stuff, I like doing stuff. And I feel like everybody can definitely do it.
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I'm very flattered when people I respect like my work. It's like a dream of a little kid when somebody I idolised likes my work.
