William Eggleston Quotes

I quite frequently don't look through the camera, which is very close to being blind.

William Eggleston

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• The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Work
  • Believe
  • American

• Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly.

  

  Harold Ross
  • Same
  • Editing
  • Exactly

• I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success.

  

  Gail Porter
  • Long
  • House
  • Success

• We need a reasonable price where producers will not start nagging. At a reasonable price, we can invest to produce more oil.

  

  Abdallah Salem el-Badri
  • Start
  • Need
  • Invest

• I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.

  

  Manfred von Richthofen
  • Beautiful
  • Enemy
  • Stone

• It's a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest ranking officers to the lowest, to take public transport every Wednesday.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • Want
  • Act
  • Wednesday

• The most important thing is to not waste your money.

  

  Gareth Bale
  • Important
  • Money
  • Waste

• I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.

  

  Kate del Castillo
  • World
  • Leader

• I'm not interested in celebrity.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Celebrity
  • Not Interested

• I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.

  

  Rachel Joyce
  • People
  • Life
  • Writing

• I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Good
  • American
  • Dream

• I am a fiscal conservative.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Conservative
  • Fiscal

• I can memorise lines quickly. Knowing Telugu now has helped improve my performance.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Now
  • Performance
  • Improve

• Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
  • World
  • War
  • Guy

• As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.

  

  J. D. Hayworth
  • War
  • Mistakes
  • Celebrate

• Of course, nothing just falls into your lap - to get where I am now, I've worked hard.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Hard
  • Worked

• I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Trying
  • Ideas
  • Fame

• I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition.

  

  Otto Hahn
  • War
  • Know
  • Details

• Here in the United States, hopefully, what we're building are not just pyramids, are not icons to one pharaoh. What we're building is a culture and a way of living together that we can look back on and say, [This] was good, was inclusive, was kind, was innovative, was able to fulfill the dreams of as many people as possible.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Good
  • Together

• I try to ONLY ridicule people who's efforts are sincere. Very little trouble has been caused in the world by insincere efforts. An occasional seduction maybe. There were very few insincere Stalinists or Nazis.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • World
  • Political

• Well, you know how it feels if you begin hoping for something that you want desperately badly; you almost fight against the hope because it is too good to be true; you've been disappointed so often before.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Good
  • True
  • Hope

• Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.

  

  Ed Koch
  • Good
  • Running
  • Looks

• So, blind to Someone I must be.

  

  Walter de La Mare
  • Blind

• I quite frequently don't look through the camera, which is very close to being blind.

  

  William Eggleston
  • Looks
  • Blind
  • Cameras