Annie Leibovitz Quotes
Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand what you're doing. You're going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot. To stop and look at your work is the most important thing you can do.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I've always had that maternal thing: that connection with street kids and people who are misfits.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
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It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?
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I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
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I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.
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I know I'm not an anti-Semitic person.
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What the terrorists want is to scare us and fill us with dread.
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I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy.
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It's very important to feel good in my clothes. I like fashion that suits me. I don't take it too seriously.
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I have always been drawn to young characters and seeing big tapestries through the eyes of a child. It probably comes from being a father myself and having a young son and seeing the world through his eyes. I write stories that are sort of the exaggerated version of that.
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Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand what you're doing. You're going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot. To stop and look at your work is the most important thing you can do.
