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].
Quotes to Explore
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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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We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.
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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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My journalistic mission was straightforward: to await the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nobody knew quite when this would be. But the diplomacy - the meetings in the U.N. security council, the allegations about weapons of mass destruction, the martial language of Tony Blair and George W. Bush - all suggested a war was brewing.
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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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I love the journeys of research and discovery their development takes me on. I see prints as less 'decorative' than many might, and more fundamental to a garment's core.
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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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To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.
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We all press buttons in relationships, in our dealings with people, without thinking what it really means. We all knock along without questioning what kind of situation we're in. We may often be in a very good one, but we don't even appreciate the good situations. We're lazy. Or we're scared. Or we just don't notice.
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Blues purists never cared for me. I don't worry about it. I think if it this way: When I made 'Three O' Clock Blues,' they were not there. The people out there made the tune. And blues purists just wrote about it. The people is who I'm trying to satisfy.
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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].
