Philippe Halsman Quotes

Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most.

Philippe Halsman

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I wouldn't want to be reincarnated as a butler. I couldn't for the life of me do the job in real life.

Jim Carter

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I shave without using shaving cream.

Jerry Stiller

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Sound is the most important thing on any film, especially documentaries.

Matthew Heineman

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One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid.

Anna Faris

GoodMyselfGratefulMeThinkLaugh

Slow food, free-range, no steroids, eat local, and natural winemaking are all part of a general yearning for simpler times. But the fact is that most winemakers these days, big and small, have drastically lessened the use of chemicals in the vineyard, embracing such concepts as organically grown, biodynamic, and sustainable.

Roger Morris

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I have always been against the gangster as hero.

Ruby Dee

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I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things - to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.

Miranda Lambert

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My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

Dirk Nowitzki

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Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, 'I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.'

Drew Barrymore

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Democrats are just as wrong to insist the law is perfect, that the law doesn't have things that need to be fixed, and to pretend that the law did wave a magic wand and make everything in the health care system fixed.

Conner Eldridge

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Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

Clare Boothe Luce

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When I was younger, I was chubby. It gave me a terrible sense of self-image, and I guess I carry that around with me still.

Brandon Flowers

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