William Eggleston Quotes
Many people one meets in life somehow think they know you simply because they're hanging out at the same counter-but they really don't know a thing about you.

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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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We just here to do our job.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
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I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseball.
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According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.
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It is only when there is the supervision and critical oversight from the people that the government will be in a position to do an even better job, and employees of government departments will be the true public servants of the people.
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time.
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Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
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I heard a lot of those things. I heard that I was greedy; that I didn't care about winning; heard the questioning of my loyalty. And I'm thinking: 'Of course I want to win. I've been winning my entire life.'
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Many people one meets in life somehow think they know you simply because they're hanging out at the same counter-but they really don't know a thing about you.