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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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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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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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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I grew up in New York.
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Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere.
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The whole 'Electronica' project is about the ambiguous relationship we have with technology: on the one side, we have the world in our pocket; on the other, we are spied on constantly.
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Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.
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Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.
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The U.S., together with trans-Atlantic allies, never recognized the occupation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union. Moscow faced pressure or retaliation every time it tried to move toward official recognition, or at least acceptance, of its claim that the Baltic states were Soviet republics.
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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)
