Annie Leibovitz Quotes
I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists, but at the end of the day if the artist doesn't support the brand or it doesn't make sense for the song, then it will never work. What we do is try to pair them up so that both sides are happy.
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
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I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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The effort of every time I put out a video, it was like, 'Okay, I've got to put it on my Facebook, I've got to put it on my website, what's the view count now? What's the view count now? What's the view count now?' You get obsessive with it.
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I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
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Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
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Do you want an interesting job? Yes. Do you want a balanced life? Yes. And to make a contribution as well? Of course.
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A rock star is expected to act like a mess, sound like a mess and look like a mess. People don't expect you to show up on time and be a professional. But when you're a pop star, you have to do all that, look perfect and be a role model.
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The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.
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At the time I could no more believe my eyes than I can now trust my memory.
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Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.
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I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.
