Edward Weston Quotes
Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.
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I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.
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I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common.
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A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
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Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
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You have to have a plan. This isn't wishing. Instead of always being in a hopeful situation - like, 'I hope one day ...' - let's claim it now.
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Certainty, not data, is knowledge.
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Some of the smartest people in the world never talk cause they got more sense than everybody else.
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Indians don't last in prison. They weren't born for it like the whites.
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Ideas kill people.
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Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.
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I've been dreaming of a time whenThe English are sick to death of Labour and ToriesAnd spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell and denounce this royal line that still salutes himAnd will salute him forever.
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I was strictly after hits when it came down to the Jackson 5. That's all I was concerned with.
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Narratives that were taken for granted when I was a kid are still there, but they don't have the same depth and fervor anymore. Even the makers of the propaganda don't fully believe the propaganda. The surface structures are more frozen than they ever were, but the core is hollowing out, and it's becoming very fragile. People don't believe in the system anymore. But they're still going along with it because, one, they don't know what else is possible, they don't even know anything else is possible. Secondly, everybody else is doing it. So they go through the motions.
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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I have five major corporations, and I operate them. How could I be retired?
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Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.
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I'm constantly progressing. My style is changing every day.
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Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.
