Richard Avedon Quotes

Camera lies all the time. It's all it does is lie, because when you choose this moment instead of this moment, when you... the moment you've made a choice, you're lying about something larger. 'Lying' is an ugly word. I don't mean lying. But any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same.

Richard Avedon

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TimeMomentLieUglyCameraChoose

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

Jesse Jackson

DepressionLazyUnemployedWhites

I read the 'Times' and 'Post,' but I have nothing against the 'Daily News.' I also fish around the Internet for entertainment news but find most of what I read to be untrue or partially true.

Andy Cohen

DailyInternetFishFindNewsTrue

All of my plays are deeply autobiographical. But it's not straight autobiography.

Stephen Karam

AutobiographyStraightDeeplyPlays

I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so that really influenced everything I do.

Trombone Shorty

WorkPeopleGrowing UpChanceFresh

The wonderful thing about the cartoon form is it's a combination of words and pictures. You don't have to choose, and the contribution of the two often winds up being greater than the sum of its parts.

Roz Chast

WordsYouChoosePicturesWindsUp

I guess I have a positive attitude about divorce because I have some friends who've gotten divorced, and I'm like, 'Well, if it's better, then - good!'

Molly Shannon

PositiveGoodAttitudeBetterWell

I love to go home to my kids. I don't have that lull in my life when I didn't have them.

Dolores O'Riordan

LifeLoveHomeMy LifeGoKids

The enemy is the system. And the system is made up of people, and we have a choice in that.

Dee Rees

PeopleChoiceEnemyUpSystemMade

For my entire career, I have worked to bring electronic inventions to healthcare markets where there is a critical and urgent need.

Chris Toumazou

CareerHealthcareNeedBringWhere

Directing a television episode is no joke, and it's incredibly difficult and especially when you're acting in it as well.

Brian J. Smith

YouTelevisionActingDifficultJoke

I run year-round and then ramp up my training for a race a few months before.

Christy Turlington

TrainingRunRaceUpYear-RoundFew

If China were to explode, I'd want to be there in a flash. If there's a big story, I want to be there.

Bob Simon

StoryWantChinaBigFlashWere

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