Edward Weston Quotes
Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.
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I love women more than anything.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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I've been very excited to have children for a long time. It definitely added an interesting twist to the night we screened 'Lyle' at Outfest, and I got up to do the Q&A, and I had this huge belly no one was expecting. It creeped everybody out in the best way.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I was really, really star-struck when I met Prince.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.
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Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
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You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.
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To do a 'Bond' picture is a blessing but also a curse.
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Today the crime novelist has one advantage denied to writers of 'straight' or 'literary' novels. Unlike them he can range over all levels of society, for crime can easily breach the barriers that exist in our stratified society. Because of these barriers the modern literary novel, unlike its 19th-century predecessors, is often confined to the horizontal, dealing only with one class. But crime runs through society from top to bottom, and so the crime novelist can present a fuller picture of the way we live now.
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I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin.
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People go online to do specific things and widgets allow them to get to the information they want immediately, rather than calling up Web pages.
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Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them.
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Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.
