Garry Winogrand Quotes
Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed.
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I am tone deaf.
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An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.
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A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
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There is a disturbing reincarnation of socialist and nationalist dictatorships raising their heads around the world and even in our own back yard. You see it in places like Venezuela and Bolivia, stoked in no small part by Cuba, and also in Central Asia, and troubling trends in Russia and China.
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History is not hatred.
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What Shakespeare was able to do in English he would certainly not have done in French.
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Crime against the individual is the equivalent of crime against humanity.
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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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Usually, in musical theater, if you sing operatically or if you sing in a legit style, you're the heart of the show. You maybe get to be moving and do dramatic stuff, but it's very rare to be that funny.
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But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.
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When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.
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My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.
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Every fight and every loss taught me something.
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You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.
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Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that's your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that's your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it.
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I have no problem with people eating meat. I would just like it, for the people who do eat meat, for the animals to be treated better. To be treated humanely. Cows in pastures living the life that they're supposed to live. I have no problem with that.
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Speaking much also is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds.
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The best advice I ever got came from my mother, Estee Lauder: She believed that if you had something good to say, you should put it in writing. But if you had something bad to say, you should tell the person to his or her face.
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The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success.
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Look, I might have lived in England for the last several years but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy.
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To beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue.
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Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it.
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I love the process. It's like I've fallen in love with the process of trying to become great.
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Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed.
