Garry Winogrand Quotes
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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When I got to law school, I didn't do very well. To put it mildly, I didn't do very well. I, in fact, graduated in the part of my law school class that made the top 90% possible.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.
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What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
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Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.
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Let it be said to our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we didn't turn our back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.
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So what if Brian made me feel like fireworks were going off inside me. He could also make me feel like a big fat clod of heartsick dirt. It was like he could take any emotion I had and make it ten times stronger. Which is great when it's happiness but pretty darn awful if it's anything sad.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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Sometimes photographers mistake emotion for what makes a great street photograph.
