Carl Mydans Quotes
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from international law to regime change in a non-transparent way. It was an error for which we as a country paid a heavy price, and for which many people paid with their lives.
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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You basically only discover a new thing once.
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My life has changed. I'm not walking around any more wishing I wasn't me, which was the case at one time.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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I had some great experiences, but there were times when films didn't do well right, especially after 'Vicky Donor.'
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I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather than sending to Bohemia some ordinary works.
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With me as the glaring exception, my father molded the world around him to his liking. The problem, of course, was that Baba saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.
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Love passed, the Muse appeared, the weatherof mind got clarity new-found;now free, I once more weave togetheremotion, thought, and magic sound.
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And the mind that has conceived a plan of living must never lose sight of the chaos against which that pattern was conceived. That goes for societies as well as for individuals.
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It captures a lot of the spirit of the '50s.
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I moved to L.A. after my landlord in Brooklyn tripled my rent. I spent months looking for other places to move to in New York, then one day I was in California eating a grapefruit, and I was like, 'This is what they taste like?' So I decided to move to L.A. and build a studio in my house.
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I grew up in a very liberal place.
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Personally, I'm not afraid of a robot uprising. The benefits far outweigh the threats.
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Without knowing it, we utilize hundreds of products each day that owe their origin to wild animals and plants. Indeed our welfare is intimately tied up with the welfare of wildlife. Well may conservationists proclaim that by saving the lives of wild species, we may be saving our own.
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You have to get comfortable with your work, you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.
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We have to be capable of facing such a number.
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
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You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities.
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It doesn't matter if you take a great picture if no one knows what it's about.
