Dawoud Bey Quotes
Improvisational things about picture-making... learned from working with the small camera early on have served me well in being able to think quickly when making [portraits].
 
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	I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.   
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	Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.   
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	I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.   
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	It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.   
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	I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.   
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	I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.   
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	Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.   
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	The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.   
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	I love Rihanna's style. It's a good mix of streetwear and show wear, and I love her music, too. She's an incredible singer and performer.   
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	You can't give up in any game, even if you are losing.   
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	I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular.   
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	By putting downward pressure on interest rates, the Fed is trying to make financial conditions more accommodative - supporting asset values and lower borrowing costs for households and businesses and thus encouraging the spending that spurs job creation and a stronger recovery.   
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	I want to make my mum's life and my life safe.   
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	I like to do a lot of research for my films and live my character.   
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	It's just six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.   
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	For me, it's really like, okay, if you go far with the unexpected materials and unexpected proportions or volumes, then keep the colors quite simple and straightforward for men.   
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	I'm not American. I still have my Japanese citizenship.   
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	I see my albums as working diaries, as living scrapbooks of me and my life.   
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	To properly reflect the changes of the world and of the UN, with its growing number of member states, we would like to see an enlargement of the SC that gives room for new members, not least developing countries.   
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	With equal sweetness the commissioned hours Shed light and dew upon both weeds and flowers. The weeds unthankful raise their vile heads high, Flaunting back insult to the gracious sky; While the dear flowers, wht fond humility, Uplift the eyelids of a starry eye In speechless homage, and, from grateful hearts, Perfume that homage all around imparts.   
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	You think because you face situations not of your making that you exercise no choice? That you are helpless? To the contrary, child. Your whole life has been full of choices. Hiding from a hard truth is a choice. Surrender - even to the inevitable - is a choice. Even in death there is a choice. You may have no control over the time or manner of your death, but you can choose how you face it.   
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	Improvisational things about picture-making... learned from working with the small camera early on have served me well in being able to think quickly when making [portraits].   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					