Gordon Parks Quotes

The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition.

Gordon Parks

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GoodManMeFirstUpGive Me

I need a consistency of my moods if there is to be any consistency in my style. I can't attempt to write always in the hollow flux of desperation and incipient terror.

Jim Carroll

StyleConsistencyNeedDesperation

I have never had anything done to my face because then you end up looking as they all do in America. Look at Judi Dench: she would never be as good if she had had work done.

Joanna Lumley

WorkGoodLookingFaceEndLook

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.

John Kenneth Galbraith

PowerIgnoranceBookDevilDoing

On any given day, I'm likely to be working at home, hunched over this keyboard, typing Great Thoughts and Beautiful Sentences - or so they seem at the time, like those beautifully flecked and iridescent stones one finds at the seashore that gradually dry into dull gray pebbles.

Michael Dirda

HomeBeautifulGreatTimeDayGray

I'm not trying to find another thing that's wrong with me, but I'm such a nice person, and I have a couple of drinks and I'm really good fun and then I'm really not fun.

Tracey Emin

GoodFunMeTryingFindPerson

My job is to prioritize multi-lateralism, and that of course interests Brazil, which is a global player. I'm representing 159 members, and one of them happens to be Brazil.

Roberto Azevedo

JobBrazilPrioritizeGlobalHappens

I love to play horrible, evil, mean people.

Mary Steenburgen

LovePeopleEvilPlayMeanHorrible

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

Martin Van Buren

GovernmentBetterProsperityGeneral

I was very successful at three-day events, point-to-points, Pony Club, and gymkhana. But then I went to college, and because I had really good horses, they weren't going to be left in the field, so they were sold.

Louise Wilson

GoodCollegeEventsClubSuccessful

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, 'God is not mad at you.' Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, 'That is exactly what I needed to hear today.' Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.

Joyce Meyer

PositiveGodTodayDayPeopleYou

It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.

Judy Blume

DeterminationTalentPeopleThink

My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy.

Jay Roach

AmazingCriticismComedyHappenGuy

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