Margaret Bourke-White Quotes
If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
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Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
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I want to be a major force.
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I do tend to overdo everything.
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The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and hopefully have something, then I wrestle with sounds and picture all day long. But the ideas usually come from a more obscure place, like a conversation with a director, a still somebody shows you, or whatever.
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My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money.
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Being in nature is very important to me. I'm not a glamour puss.
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People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction.
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It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even though big strains developed between us from time to time.
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Career diversification ain't a bad thing.
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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The entertainment industry is terrified of silence.
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Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes to us like a physician to heal the wounds left by our sins. Tribulation is the divine medicine.
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Folks don't fall from laughter to fear in that way when they're nervously strong, and nerves take their toll of the body in the end.
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I do not stop repeating it to French Jews... Not only is the National Front not your enemy, but it is without a doubt the best shield to protect you. It stands at your side for the defense of our freedoms of thought and of religion against the only real enemy: Islamist fundamentalism.
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It's amazing to get one Olympic gold, but you have to be a legend to get two. And that's definitely my aim.
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I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true.
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If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.
