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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I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.
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I don't want to carry big things around with me. I'm lazy. The snapshot camera, you just carry it around and take the picture. You don't need to think about anything. People in the street are not going to wait for you with a big camera. They would freak out. With a snapshot camera, they are comfortable.
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The only times we are consciously aware of the authorship of a photograph, I would argue, are when we contemplate the photographs we ourselves have taken (or those of friends and family) or when we go deliberately to the photographers monograph or exhibition. The signed image - the appropriated, the owned image - is by far the rarest in this pullulating world of pictures.
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But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.
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You need to be empathetic in your own personal life and we help our neighbors and our friends out who are struggling in our neighborhoods. But we don't make bad decisions based on empathy.
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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.
