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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You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.
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There are two races of people -- men and women -- no matter what women's libbers would have you pretend. The male is motivated by toys and science because men are born with no purpose in the universe except to procreate. There is lots of time to kill beyond that. They've got to find work. Men have no inherent center to themselves beyond procreating. Women, however, are born with a center. They can create the universe, mother it, teach it, nurture it. Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future.
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I find it always pleasurable talking with young people, particularly those aspiring to be writers, out of nostalgia, and because I've always felt that we oldies can learn so much from them and draw from them inspiration in our flagging and rickety years.
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No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.
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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)
