William Eggleston Quotes
There's plenty of film out there, and quadrillions of cameras that use film - I don't think it makes much sense not to use it. The thing that's going out is the manufacturing of the paper. Incidentally, all these years my wife has told me that I'm color-blind.
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Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.
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I am a Buddhist.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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Each dress symbolizes the age that it's appropriate for.
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It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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It's one of the hardest things in life - choosing your own name.
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What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.
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I began photographing in 1946. Before that, I was a painter and drawer, with my mother and father's support. They were a bit pissed when I went into photography. They thought photographers were guys who took pictures at weddings.
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I do not seek. I find.
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My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
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I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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Being in love is the best thing in my life.
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Christian - One who is willing to serve three Gods, but draws the line at one wife.
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I don't think you can ever get used to being this famous. I've learnt how to keep things separate or at a distance. I've nothing to hide. But seeing this as work, like a job, means I can take a step back. It's me right now in front of you and in the papers but it's not all of me. If you give yourself entirely to the business, you'd end up going mad. And I'm not mad. Not yet.
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No press conference announcing a last film. I'd just steal away. Best way because, if by chance after two or three years something interesting comes up, I would not - like Sinatra - have to say: 'Well, I've thought it over and decided to come back.'
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Originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.
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There's plenty of film out there, and quadrillions of cameras that use film - I don't think it makes much sense not to use it. The thing that's going out is the manufacturing of the paper. Incidentally, all these years my wife has told me that I'm color-blind.
