Ansel Adams Quotes
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I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away.
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I love being pushed out of my comfort zone.
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Ever since I've been young I've been fascinated by the human body. I've written songs about it, but you can become quite morbid if you think about it too much - paranoid and a hypochondriac.
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The young are going to be the messengers of this continued strengthening of the diversity in America.
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I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope.
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American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil.
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You can't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires.
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Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and inhibitions that stands between him and the part, until one day, with a great rush of air, the character invades his every pore.
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There is nothing strange in the circle being the origin of any and every marvel.
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The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desire of the guru to impart knowledge to the disciple.
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Charity, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Next to putting it in a bank, men like to squander their superfluous wealth on those to whom it is sure to be doing the least possible good.
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Let our first act each morning be the following resolve: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God.
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If the truth of religious doctrines is dependent on an inner experience that bears witness to the truth, what is one to make of the many people who do not have that experience?
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With throbbing veins and burning skin, eyes wild and heavy, thoughts hurried and disordered, he felt as though the light were a reproach, and shrunk involuntarily from the day as if he were some foul and hideous thing.
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As far back as I can remember, I am one of those guys that works hard and plays harder. I have to have both.
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We probably didn't even consider becoming a guitar band again. We used to be a guitar band when we started out and we've been there. The sounds on this record are really exciting and expressive of the lyrics and the music.
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Those of us who work in this field see a developing potential for nearly a total control of human emotional status, mental functioning, and will to act. These human phenomena can be started, stopped or eliminated by the use of various types of chemical substances. What we can produce with our science now will affect the entire society." A "utopia" could be found - providing "a sense of stability and certainty, whether realistic or not.
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Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.
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I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.
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People can't help what topics cut them deep. It all depends on who's inferring - and what the contexts of their lives are at the time.
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My last word s that it all depends on what you visualize.
