Yousuf Karsh Quotes
Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.
Quotes to Explore
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I bought a girl roses once.
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I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.
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When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear skirts. It tormented me. When I was 6, I even heard that you could change your sex, and I was very intrigued until the moment I realized that if I changed into a girl, I would be an ugly girl, and this is the last thing I wanted to be.
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I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
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I love Star City - it is my home.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and accessible - that means full day and full year. And let's not forget that even in elementary school, working parents need access to the same kind of quality, affordable after-school programs!
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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We've improved since then. There's no better platform than Sunday to show it.
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When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self - the great secret!
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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
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I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.
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Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.
