Alberto Korda Quotes
There's something about his eyes in the photo. A kind of mystery. His personality comes through. It's always hung on my walls and I've given it to many people as a present. (On his iconic photo of Che Guevara)
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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We will not import crime, terrorism, homophobia, and a brand of anti-Semitism that sets synagogues ablaze.
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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I grew up in New York.
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I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
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People stopped me on the street and said 'I can't live up to you.' Of course, they're referring to June Cleaver.
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The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them and fooling them.
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There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.
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I never pressure myself to do something I don't want to do.
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There's something about his eyes in the photo. A kind of mystery. His personality comes through. It's always hung on my walls and I've given it to many people as a present. (On his iconic photo of Che Guevara)
