David Burnett Quotes
When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic.
Quotes to Explore
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William Lloyd Garrison was up there with Frederick Douglass being thrown off trains and going through what happened in the 1960s in 1840 in Boston.
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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
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At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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The phrase 'blue plate special' has always been one of the homiest, coziest, most sweetly nostalgic phrases in the English language for me.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005.
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You could take away the singing, and I am fine. But don't take away my gift of writing. It is the best way I can relate and express what I am feeling and what I am going through.
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I don't see the point in working just to be working.
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The comics I made from 1990 to 1997 were largely based in vaguely urban, vaguely dystopic settings because that was my reference point for comics storytelling in general.
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When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.
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Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.
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During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history.
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I'm a klutz, through and through.
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.
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I loved cowboy movies when I was a kid. When I was five years old, I was already wearing a cowboy hat and suit. When I grew up, I knew John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas and so on.
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People take music too seriously.
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You have to realize that, if you don't get signed right away, it's not because you're not talented. It's not because you're not good enough. The stars have to align perfectly in order to get signed. And sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn't.
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When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic.
