Gordon Parks Quotes

The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets a good byline; he gets notices all over the world and so forth; but they're really - the important people are the people he photographs.

Gordon Parks

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GoodWalkPeopleWorldFeelDoors

I don't think the BBC supporting digital switchover is top slicing. Top slicing is putting the license fee up for grabs for other broadcasters to bid for.

Jeremy Hunt

ThinkDigitalTopUpLicenseOther

I always think that there's a weight of prejudice from the past that gay people perhaps carry around with them. Even if it doesn't exist so much around them, they still have a feeling of being excluded, and perceived prejudice is almost as unsettling as actual prejudice.

Andrew Haigh

PastPeopleThinkFeelingGayCarry

You can always write a song about people who are in love, but they're in love, so they're happy; they don't need you. But the people that I try to worry about are the ones who don't have anyone to give chocolate to, and the girl who doesn't have flowers coming to her.

Maxwell

LoveGirlHappyPeopleFlowersSong

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to be tough. I discovered that I didn't want to be the woman I was raised to be - a good, traditional wife. When I went out in the world to find a husband, I found that husbands weren't ready to accept the kind of woman I was going to be.

Angeles Mastretta

GoodWifeWomanWorldToughHusband

My sister and I know our lives could have been different - radically, unthinkably, irretrievably different - if we had not been adopted. We might have found ourselves in homes without love, stability or kindness. We might have found ourselves in care for much longer, without the secure attachment that being cradled in a mother's arms brings.

Michael Gove

LoveKindnessMotherSisterCare

My mom died when I was 11 years old.

Tory Lanez

MomOldYearsDied

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

Robbie Robertson

LifeGoodNeedTasteOurReally

If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.

Rob Lowe

PoliticsPeopleChanceThinkYouGo

Sometimes it's hard to play someone so similar to you, because you can muddy the character. Often, it's easier to play someone further away from you, because it's clearer who they are.

Ruth Negga

CharacterSomeoneYouPlaySometimes

When I made the first album, I was 24, and at that age, you have nothing to say. I just played the music I loved and tried to do it justice.

Ry Cooder

MusicAgeJusticeLovedYouNothing

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

Rudy Rucker

BookBetterPredictHappenGoing

I love weird science. I love weird action. I love weird characters.

Jonathan Maberry

LoveScienceActionWeirdCharacters

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