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Carrie Mae Weems Quotes

I really like the structure of my body. It moves well, it looks good, it photographs well, it understands gesture and nuance.

Carrie Mae Weems

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: photographer
Nationality: american
Birth: April 20, 1953

Topics

Good Body Looks Structure Well Like

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.

Fear Hope Day Forward End Go

Is it rather stupid and dangerous to take Magna Carta so much for granted, as many of us seem to do, and to think of this attitude as 'very English?'

Attitude Stupid Think Dangerous Seem

I never thought I would become an actress. I always wanted to get into politics, and I moved to Argentina and worked for the U.S. embassy for a bit. It sort of happened upon me when I was home for the holiday - acting, that is - and I stuck with it.

Home Politics Me Thought Acting

I have long been a fan of Holy Ghost! and think they've got the best dance grooves around.

Best Dance Think Long Ghost Been

I'm a huge fan of Italian new realism, work by directors like Fellini and Vittorio De Sica. Their image of women is so beautiful.

Work Women Beautiful New Image Fan

Mostly, I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

Imagination Man Blind Reality Like

Imagine you are walking in China, and all the billboards are in English. And at the restaurants, as the people are talking to you, there are live subtitles. You don't even realize you are in a computer; it's just happening.

Live People Walking Talking You

I think that there's something in the American psyche, it's almost this kind of right or privilege, this sense of entitlement, to resolve our conflicts with violence. There's an arrogance to that concept if you think about it. To actually have to sit down and talk, to listen, to compromise, that's hard work.

Work Hard Work Compromise Think You

I started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first audition for a film he was in, called 'I Heart Huckabees.'

Heart Me Writing Acting First Film

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down.

Dennis Eckersley

Calm Learn You Down Belong Big

I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased.

Love Me Say Talk Whatever Show

Dick Cheney and Al Gore have redefined the role of the vice president in the minds of the public. It should be a big job, beyond simply checking the health status of the president.

Health Job Beyond Minds President

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