Sally Mann Quotes
When you look at your life as an artist, you do see that when you get to be 60, you're coming - this is the last chapter.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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I've never been a partier.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don't know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
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The idea that we are not going to look after the Great Barrier Reef, which is just a wonderful tourism resource that it can be just for one example - we are not going to look after it, we won't have tight environment regulation, is frankly just not true.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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I think we should balance the federal budget tomorrow. I'm optimistic. I think Americans are optimistic. We went to the moon; we can balance the federal budget.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression.
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One of the most mawkish of human delusions is the notion that friendship should be eternal, or, at all events, life-long, and that any act which puts a term to it is somehow discreditable.
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You're always taught that the world is so competitive. You're taught that it's not very likely for you to become successful and that odds are you're going to be a struggling artist for the rest of your life.
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If people tell you it's impossible, it's an even better reason to want to do it. People have a tendency to see the problem rather than the final result. If you treat the problems as possibilities, life will start to dance with you in the most amazing ways.
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I would rather die having spoken in my way, than live having spoken in yours.
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When you look at your life as an artist, you do see that when you get to be 60, you're coming - this is the last chapter.
