Dawoud Bey Quotes
People say don't stare. Through the photos, not only do I stare, but I allow viewers to stare at the subject, to see things that they cannot see with a casual glance.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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There are a million great books out there if you just go to Google. There's a lot to pull apart. A lot of crazy, unbelievable stuff that's all completely true. I get into little obsessions, and I read everything I can find on one thing, and then I move onto another.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I'm good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies.
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The stream in my hometown Calgary is the oil and gas industry - that's the talk you hear on the street.
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I've done literally 100, 150 different characters.
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I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.
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I'm always late.
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Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.
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I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.
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And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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Every song that I play I wrote by myself.
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Going to the Comic Cons and meeting people - that's a fun energy to be around.
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People always tell me I should run for president, but I don't think they'd give me enough time off to make my films.
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People say don't stare. Through the photos, not only do I stare, but I allow viewers to stare at the subject, to see things that they cannot see with a casual glance.
