Eddie Adams Quotes
I was getting money for showing one man killing another. Two lives were destroyed and I was getting paid for it. (On his 1968 photograph of the summary street corner execution of prisoner Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnam's police chief, Lt. Col. Nguyen Ngoc Loan.)
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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It was in 1969, and I thought, wow, you know, I really didn't want to do a TV series. You know, I had my own act, and I was performing in Vegas and doing all of these exciting things.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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I truly believe diversity is beauty.
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Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.
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Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.
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If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.
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The magic of creation has always fascinated me.
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A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
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My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel.
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And that was a very comfortable feeling.
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I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.
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'Southcliffe' is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness.
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I don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.
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Growing up as a dancer, the stage is really where I love to be performance wise.
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To relax, I do yoga and meditate and do little math problems, and it's fun to check that part of your brain off and turn on a different part.
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I was getting money for showing one man killing another. Two lives were destroyed and I was getting paid for it. (On his 1968 photograph of the summary street corner execution of prisoner Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnam's police chief, Lt. Col. Nguyen Ngoc Loan.)
