Nan Goldin Quotes
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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I love to write.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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I'm ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I'm really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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When I'm not painting, I'm Oujia-boarding with my photos. I'll sort through my pictures, put them in different folders, and come back months later to one in particular and try to figure out why I took it.
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The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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Britain's unique success as an industrialised nation-state prompted strong imitative endeavours not only across Europe, but also in Asia. Now many people, who were once humiliated into a sense of nationality by British rule, loom larger than their former masters.
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One day I was running around playing with my son Connor when afterwards I was sweating, tired and out of breath. I was embarrassed that something as enjoyable as playing with my son was so tough for me to do. Immediately I started an extensive diet and exercise plan. It completely changed my life and helped cure my Type-2 diabetes.
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The camera is as much a part of my everyday life as talking or eating or sex.
