Brassaï Quotes
To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur.
Quotes to Explore
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Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
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If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports. I would have been like every other kid. Instead, I found my one thing, and I was never going to let go of it. That little dyslexic kid is always in the back of your head.
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My hair is naturally blond and thin, so I like to give it some texture. Sexy, dirty bedhead is good for blonds.
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I actually have a degree in music and was aware that music was a tool used in therapy. I didn't realize how far it had come since I was in college in the mid-seventies.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.
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We can transform the government and the economy, as well as democracy, in Malaysia.
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I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in.
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I've had so many injuries.
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When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.
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I never limit myself when it comes to telling stories; I think people can see that in my body of work. It's just about, 'What's a great story? Is it unique? Is it a challenge?'
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Under trees, the urban dweller might restore his troubled soul and find the blessing of a creative pause.
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What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact.
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I am excited when I get a movie and I get to move somewhere for a certain amount of time. But I am a Cali girl.
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I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally.
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All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a struggle of cabals.
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What you remember saves you.
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Paternalism is everywhere in our lives. We have to immunise our children unless we are upset about it. In India, it is the opposite. It is possible to get your kids immunised, but you really have to want to.
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Genius defined: of inspiration 1% percent, of perspiration, 99%.
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Children demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so.
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It is not "forgive and forget" as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but "forgive and go forward," building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur.
