Robert Mapplethorpe Quotes

I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.

Robert Mapplethorpe

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NakedDaysAnythingBeenBodies

I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me.

Jimmy Dean

GoodMeEnoughWantAlwaysAnything

You can't deduce the personality of the potter from the pots. It's a thingy you've made and offered to somebody else for their use, and, believe me, a novel is like that. It's a made thing and ought not to contain a direct self-expression of the writer.

Jill Paton Walsh

PersonalityMeBelieveYouMade

Russia is a state within a state. To understand the population of Russia, you need to know the areas of the country; you need an understanding of the people and their interests.

Anatoly Karpov

PeopleUnderstandingYouCountry

Private communication systems have been around since the beginning of human culture.

John McAfee

CommunicationCultureBeginningHuman

The call to rein in globalization reflects a belief that it has eliminated jobs in the West, sending them East and South. But the biggest threat to traditional jobs is not Chinese or Mexican; it is a robot.

Angus Deaton

GlobalizationBeliefRobotMexican

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Simone de Beauvoir

LifeFreedomWishHumanI WishPure

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

Robert Frost

LifeEducationChangeTroubleJust

The KKK members that I was dealing with never saw me because my interaction with them occurred over the phone. They were convinced that I was 1) white, and 2) a racial supremacist like them based strictly on my telephone conversation with them.

Ron Stallworth

MeConversationPhoneWhiteNever

Hats, giant shades and 60-plus sunblock are part of my summer repertoire. I don't want wrinkles, but it's skin cancer I truly fear.

Janine di Giovanni

FearWrinklesHatsSummerSkinWant

You're out there on an island. It's just you and the best receiver, man-to-man, in one-on-one coverage a lot of the time. And you don't really get any help. If you get beat, everyone can see. If you get scored on, everyone knows. That's the difficulty of playing corner.

Chris Harris, Jr.

TimeBestHelpYouIslandSee

You're in a combat zone one day. You come home, and then you have to readjust, and it takes a few days. We just sit in the house, hang with the family and then things get better.

Chris Kyle

FamilyHomeDayBetterYouHouse

I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.

Christopher Columbus

BelieveUnknownMightyComeWhich

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