Nobuyoshi Araki Quotes
Photography has always been associated with death. Reality is colorful, yet early photography always took the color out of reality and made it black-and-white. Color is life; black-and-white is death. There was a ghost hidden in the invention of photography.
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There is no must in art because art is free.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.
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You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.
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What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.
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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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Preach or proselytize for Christianity in much of the Islamic world, and you are a candidate for martyrdom. Practice freedom of speech in Xi Jinping's China, and you can wind up in a cell.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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When you're 18, 19, you think you know everything, but you have no clue about anything.
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People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
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Girls run the world.
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A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that's a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there's a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that.
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The more I see of men the more I like dogs.
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You have to respect your opponent.
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Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that's what you call a legend.
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When we become immobilized by our own inability to deal directly with what is a commonly perceived truth and reality, we are in trouble as a nation.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
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Photography has always been associated with death. Reality is colorful, yet early photography always took the color out of reality and made it black-and-white. Color is life; black-and-white is death. There was a ghost hidden in the invention of photography.
