Ami Vitale Quotes
I don't come taking millions of pictures. I spend time with them and simply observe. If you wait long enough those amazing images will come.
Quotes to Explore
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I get more tired by travelling than anything.
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I've always been a narcissist.
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People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile.
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
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I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.
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The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.
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I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.
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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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I have to throw off the burden and the pressure.
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My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there.
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So I got into growing grapes, not realizing that there was a heck of a lot more to it than meets the eye.
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Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.
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One of my favorite things to do is formulate powers for a character, then come up with their corresponding weaknesses and liabilities. And I delight in world-building: melding the supernatural with the natural, then tweaking and polishing until it feels organic.
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The ESPYS are about appreciating moments in sports and not looking down on it because it's maybe not your favorite athlete or your favorite team.
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To me, Elijah Wood is one of the best actors of my generation. He's so incredibly present and in the moment, when you're working with him, and then we just chat away about anything off camera because he's a lovely guy.
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Records have images. There are wet records and dry records. And big records.
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away... A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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Images are ... a kind of emotional shorthand.
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You can never argue anyone into the Kingdom of Heaven, you cannot argue anyone anywhere. The only result of arguing is to prove to your own mind that you are right and the other fellow wrong. You cannot argue for truth; but immediately Incarnate Truth is presented, a want awakens in the soul which only God can meet.
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We have seen many instances where the free world didn't seem to understand the nature of evil or the battle against evil in their time. We've watched Nazism and fascism and imperial Japan and communism and totalitarianism, and now it seems to be we're all battling against terrorism.
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I don't come taking millions of pictures. I spend time with them and simply observe. If you wait long enough those amazing images will come.
