William Mortensen Quotes
Thoughts and emotions cannot be photographed, despite the protestations of some mystically minded portraitists. Physical fact is ultimately the sole pictorial material.
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I'm very proud of my love for Whitney Houston. She really changed my life. She made my life a better life. She was so beautiful in her love for God, her love for her family and her love for music. She truly loved her music. She could do everything! She had flawless rhythm, flawless pitch, flawless feeling, and flawless beauty.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
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Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.
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The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.
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As soon as chemists have a definite conception of the internal structure of the molecule of an organic compound, they are able to tackle the task of producing these substances by artificial methods, i.e. by synthesis, as we call it.
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I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day - that's what my desk is.
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He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for whoso laboureth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
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The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand fight if one really means to conquer.
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Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think. I'm still shocked myself.
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I think something I've been drawn to about the people I work with is that they seem to be - like me - people who are a little insane, and have to make music. It's not a choice they're making for the sake of vanity - like it's cool to be in a band.
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When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.
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Pemex will remain 100 percent Mexican.
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I think for any artist, your voice is always evolving. For me, the constant is finding a tension or balance between drama and comedy.
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I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and cheap?
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The American people say, 'Don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense.' That's 84 percent of the federal budget.
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I was on a TV show about dancers for two and a half seasons called 'Bunheads' on ABC Family, and that was really fun for me because I'm a dancer in a real life.
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But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.
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It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
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One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.
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I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers.
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Thoughts and emotions cannot be photographed, despite the protestations of some mystically minded portraitists. Physical fact is ultimately the sole pictorial material.
