Annie Leibovitz Quotes
When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't.
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The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself.
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Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.
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I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.
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People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
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Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.
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Even the most dishonest officer would want to be seen as a role model for his children.
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Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.
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Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.
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My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.
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One of the reasons I've been able to be productive is that I want to do everything.
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It was a good chance for us to play for people who would never have heard us otherwise.
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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Though not a true cereal but a fruit, buckwheat seeds resemble cereal grains and are often used in a similar way to rice, barley, bulgar or quinoa, usually as a side dish.
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At 21, Real Madrid or Barcelona would have been more difficult for me. If I play well enough at Chelsea, I could win my place in the starting team, and my priority is to play.
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I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being mixed race - because casting directors tended to be very like, 'OK, are you Hispanic for this role?' 'Or is she going to be African American?'
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I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.
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I always feel the most comfortable in a breezy short summer dress and a pair of ankle boots.
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I've always loved doing research. I remember doing a research project on the Babylonian numeral system in the eighth grade and thinking, 'This is pretty awesome - is this really a job you can have?' This led me toward a career as an academic, although it took me until college to realise that economics was the right field.
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Hither and thither spins The wind-borne mirroring soul, A thousand glimpses wins, And never sees a whole.
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I'm not even close to where I want to be; it's just a little mini step on the way. This is only the beginning.
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When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't.
