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The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.


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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.



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Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.



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A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.



I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.



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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.



I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.



Take pictures of what you fear.

Take pictures of what you fear.



I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.



I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.





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Gwen: It's not going to work.Paul: Pardon me?Gwen: Cinderella's not going to sleep with you because you're taking the ugly stepsister to the ball. She'll still make you wait.




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My job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.



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Even trees understand me! Good heavens, I lie under them, too, don't I? I'm just like a pile of leaves.



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A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.



After the tsunami in Japan, we were open for business. In fact, I flew there 10 days after the tsunami to show our support for the Japanese people.

After the tsunami in Japan, we were open for business. In fact, I flew there 10 days after the tsunami to show our support for the Japanese people.



A pinwheel also needs wind. And with our actions, and our intentions, we can be that wind. We have to be those agents of change for the young people and their families in our communities.

A pinwheel also needs wind. And with our actions, and our intentions, we can be that wind. We have to be those agents of change for the young people and their families in our communities.



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I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job.

I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job.




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