Brassaï Quotes
The wall, safe haven for what is forbidden, gives a voice to all those who would, without it, be condemned to silence.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
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I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.
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I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.
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Have common sense and stick to the point.
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Commercial hit films such as 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan,' 'Talaash,' and 'Kick' had big superstars to sell them; that may not have been the case if it were just me.
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The Mayo Clinic is one of the largest and most experienced medical centers treating esophageal cancer in the world.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency.
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Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.
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I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,' where anyone could just get up on stage to perform. It was just about the soul and heart of music. My upbringing was less about being great and more about just doing what you love. It was always for joy.
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When you're a fashion photographer, you must inspire a dream.
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I'm now a member of a pretty small club.
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I had Tommy John my first year in pro ball. Going through that rehab process, I think that's what really helped me become a better pitcher, because I was kind of new to it, and I think it helped me learn how to repeat my delivery. It was a crazy journey.
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You are only three or four hours from taking your glasses off for keeps.
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I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of myth and see where the characters fit in and what they ought to be doing-all those archetypes are there to play with.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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Philosophy finds talkativeness a disease very difficult and hard to cure. For its remedy, conversation, requires hearers: but talkative people hear nobody, for they are ever prating. And the first evil this inability to keep silence produces is an inability to listen.
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I went to Phuket already, but would love to go to Chiang Mai one day.
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The wall, safe haven for what is forbidden, gives a voice to all those who would, without it, be condemned to silence.
