Werner Bischof Quotes
I believe it is one of our biggest tasks - the task of our life - to do everything possible to counter poverty and to build a freedom-loving future.
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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.
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I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
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It's always the girl comedy and the guy comedy. It bums me out. You'd think there'd be a progression, from James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron into more subtle humor and behavior and psychology. All these interesting things people can learn about themselves by watching talented writers comment intelligently on someone else's emotional life.
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We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
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Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practised at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.
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When awful darkness and silence reignOver the great Gromboolian plain,Through the long, long wintry nights.When the angry breakers roarAs they beat on the rocky shore;-When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heightsOf the Hills of the Chankly Bore
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'Is that as bad as it sounds?' Floyd asked.'No,' Auger said. 'It’s worse. A lot worse.'
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In Tennessee, you can live off fast food. It's everywhere... But it's nowhere in San Francisco, and I didn't know how to navigate the city to eat.
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I think of setting as almost a character of its own, influencing the other characters in ways they're not even aware of. So much of the success of a good ghost story rides on creating a creepy atmosphere; details of the landscape itself can help create a sense of dread.
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The bright old day now dawns again; the cry runs through the land,In England there shall be dear bread-in Ireland, sword and brand;And poverty, and ignorance, shall swell the rich and grand,So, rally round the rulers with the gentle iron hand,Of the fine old English Tory days;Hail to the coming time!
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Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.
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It's not natural to outlive your child. This has always been my greatest fear.
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With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution.
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I consulted a therapist at Mass. General. After about 20 minutes, he stopped me and said, 'You're just a big existential garbage pail. Go home and relax.'
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I believe it is one of our biggest tasks - the task of our life - to do everything possible to counter poverty and to build a freedom-loving future.
