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A photographer is part pick-pocket and part tightrope dancer.


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It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.

It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.



One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.

One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.



To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.



Sharpness is a bourgeois concept

Sharpness is a bourgeois concept



In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.



Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.



For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.



Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.



Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.



You just have to live and life will give you pictures.

You just have to live and life will give you pictures.





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Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.



If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.

If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.



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As smart technologies become more intrusive, they risk undermining our autonomy by suppressing behaviors that someone somewhere has deemed undesirable.



Virtue, opening heaven to those who do not deserve to die, makes her course by paths untried. [Lat., Virtus, recludens immeritis mori Coelum, negata tentat iter via.]

Virtue, opening heaven to those who do not deserve to die, makes her course by paths untried. [Lat., Virtus, recludens immeritis mori Coelum, negata tentat iter via.]



I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.



Those that are huntedKnow this as their life,Their reward: to walkUnder such trees in full knowledgeOf what is in glory above them,And to feel no fear.

Those that are huntedKnow this as their life,Their reward: to walkUnder such trees in full knowledgeOf what is in glory above them,And to feel no fear.



I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called Film Culture.

I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called Film Culture.



I'd just like to retire quietly with dignity, secure in the knowledge that no more comedies will ever be made now that I'm gone.

I'd just like to retire quietly with dignity, secure in the knowledge that no more comedies will ever be made now that I'm gone.



Canelo wants to test himself and see if he is among the elite fighters. This is a golden opportunity for me, so I'm very, very happy.

Canelo wants to test himself and see if he is among the elite fighters. This is a golden opportunity for me, so I'm very, very happy.



Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.

Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.




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