Bernd Becher Quotes
We don't agree with the depiction of buildings in the '20s and 1930s. Things were seen either from above or below which tended to monumentalize the object. This was exploited in terms of a socialistic view - a fresh view of the world, a new man, a new beginning.
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Even when I was making the first 'Paranormal Activity,' I didn't tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I just kind of found that there was nothing to gain by announcing to the world that you're doing something.
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I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, 'I'm writing plays, I should learn about acting and what it is.' So I went to the HB Studio in New York, and I was there for about nine months.
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I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.
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Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
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One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you got to pay attention to them.
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I find it hard to say, because when I was there it seemed to be shut.
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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...Fatherland without freedom and merit is a large word with little meaning.
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Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important.
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Mortals, while through the world you go, Hope may succor and faith befriend, Yet happy your hearts if you can but know, Love awaits at the journey's end!
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The joke used to be that in every Indian home, there is the mother, father, children, grandparents, and the anthropologist.
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True Christianity, which will last forever, comes from the gospel words of Christ not from the epistles of Paul. The writings of Paul have been a danger and a hidden rock, the causes of the principal defects of Christian theology.
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In the past, the greatest weapon the white man has had has been his ability to divide and conquer. If I take my hand and slap you, you don't even feel it. It might sting you because these digits are separated. But all I have to do to put you back in your place is bring those digits together.
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If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions, ‘This sucks, I’m going to do my own thing.’
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Why in God's name did the idiot have to drop dead when all was going so well? I could almost think he has done it to spite me.
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I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
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We don't agree with the depiction of buildings in the '20s and 1930s. Things were seen either from above or below which tended to monumentalize the object. This was exploited in terms of a socialistic view - a fresh view of the world, a new man, a new beginning.
