Ansel Adams Quotes
A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
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Partly because the town is just finicky, there are strange Catch 22 clauses in the consciousness of this community and one of them was that you, I found out, you can't do a comedy unless you've just done a comedy.
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America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and 'backlog' should never appear in the same sentence.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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As soon as you write about climate change, the first attempt to discredit you is, 'Well, you wrote this on a computer,' or, 'You took a plane to this conference.' So your opinion isn't valid.
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Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.
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I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
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I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. People's habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.
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We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.
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I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.
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Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.
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Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.
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I had to sell my house and make a lot of sacrifices to become a writer, and it sucks not to get taken seriously.
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I used to do a lot of serious theatre during my school and college days. Comedy was only reserved for youth festival and inter-college competitions. Then once 'The Great Indian Laughter Challenge' was launched, a regional channel in Punjab started a program based on that. I participated in it and emerged as the winner.
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The rule seems to be that there are no absolutes, that what is rare is prized. Thus, in times of relative affluence, thin models become dominant.
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.
