Sally Mann Quotes
I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
Quotes to Explore
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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I am a Buddhist.
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As an organization, Esri is strong, and we're continuing to grow. We're dedicated to this. And we're excited to see what you can accomplish and to watch your work evolve.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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The Tao teaches us not to intervene and interfere. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. And the people we love we have to learn to let them be.
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I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.
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I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.
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The reason why I moved from Young Thug to Jeffery was because I felt like I did a wrong turn.
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Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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As Edward P. Tryon of Columbia University once put it: 'In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our universe is simply one of those things that happen from time to time.' To which adds Guth: 'Although the creation of a universe might be very unlikely, Tryon emphasized that no one had counted the failed attempts.'
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The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.
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Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.
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To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form.
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[On journalists:] ... however lyingly libellous they may be: nobody can seriously hurt the reputation of a Great person. If he is hurt: he is not Great. They can but scratch at his skin with their mice nails.
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I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
