Ralph Gibson Quotes
Traditionally, photography has dealt with recording the world as it is found. Before photography appeared the fine artists of the time, the painters and sculptors, concerned themselves with rendering reality with as much likeness as their skill enabled. Photography, however, made artistic reality much more available, more quickly and on a much broader scale.
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You have to make the mistakes and have those failures in order to learn from them and grow and improve... But for me, the best way to combat any of that beating yourself up or overanalysing, the most important part is always to be prepared to the best of your ability.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
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The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.
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But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.
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A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties.
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You have to respect your opponent.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
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I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I dreamed I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I am the heavyweight champion of the world.
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In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.
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There must necessarily be agreement between a reason coming from God and a revelation coming from God.46 Let us say, then, that faith teaches truths which seem contrary to reason; let us not say that it teaches propositions contrary to reason. The rustic thinks it contrary to reason that the sun should be larger than the earth. But this proposition seems reasonable to the scientist.47 Let us rest assured that apparent incompatibility between faith and reason is similarly reconciled in the infinite wisdom of God.
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When you are studying from a book, lots of people go straight to the end to look for the answers. But that's not my style. For me, the most enjoyable part is the puzzle, the process of solving, not the solution itself.
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I hadn't planned on or expected to have a public dimension in my life.
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If you try to make money doing something you're not enjoying, it's a hard way to make money.
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Traditionally, photography has dealt with recording the world as it is found. Before photography appeared the fine artists of the time, the painters and sculptors, concerned themselves with rendering reality with as much likeness as their skill enabled. Photography, however, made artistic reality much more available, more quickly and on a much broader scale.
