Sebastiao Salgado Quotes

As in any person's life, there have been difficult moments: I have a son with Down's syndrome; through my photography, I have witnessed all manner of human degradation. But there have also been very happy moments.

Sebastiao Salgado

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'Hamlet' is a play about a man whose grief is deemed unseemly.

Meghan O'Rourke

GriefManPlayWhoseAboutHamlet

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.

Diane Arbus

LifeExperiencePeopleBornGoTest

Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war.

Conrad Black

StrengthWarMoreRealOutCarry

When we worked with the organization that represents students, they were unequivocal: They want debt-free college. And for many of those students, that has to include the total cost of attendance.

Brian Schatz

CollegeOrganizationWantAttendance

In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain for me.

Anne-Marie Duff

MeTheatreImportantActorDirector

People are dressing like stars, which is kind of fantastic.

Philip Treacy

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We don't consider the Wizard of Oz or Father Christmas to be too old. They're still magical characters, and the fact they've been around the block only adds to their magic.

Peter Capaldi

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The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

SorrowPleasureSweeterThanItself

Growing up, I never knew that Raffi turned down celebrity endorsements, TV shows, and specials and refused to make merchandise, but it makes sense given how I think about him: My memories are limited to his voice through the record player and the album covers I stared at.

Sheila Heti

MemoriesGrowing UpVoiceThinkDown

I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore.

Tyler Perry

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American influence in the world depends on the ability to act with real capacity and set an example that others will want to follow. This all takes resources.

Richard N. Haass

InfluenceWorldAmericanWantFollow

Sometimes you just dread reading scripts; it's like the chef who doesn't want to cook at home.

Martin Henderson

HomeChefReadingYouSometimesWho

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