Garry Winogrand Quotes
I look at a photograph. What's going on? What's happening, photographically? If it's interesting, I try to understand why.
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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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When you multitask, you believe you're being exceptionally productive, but really, you're fooling yourself. Each time you switch tasks, you have to backtrack a little and remind yourself where you are in the process and what's next. Invariably. you are spending twice as much time on parts of the task.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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Who am I, if I'm not this singer with big high notes? I identify with my voice. But I'm more than just the acrobatics.
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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
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Beaujolais is so underrated.
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I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
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Their practice habits are terrific. I've been around some really good guys from different teams in terms of bringing it to practice. When I was in San Francisco, Bryant Young was that way. Every practice on it.
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My favourite book in the world is 'Neuromancer' by William Gibson.
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Music is changing so quickly, and the landscape of the music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment.
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Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.
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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.
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I look at a photograph. What's going on? What's happening, photographically? If it's interesting, I try to understand why.
