Vik Muniz Quotes

Gramacho is the last landfill that allows people in. Brazil is the leading nation in recycling due to its poverty. There are people there surviving from what they find in the garbage.

Vik Muniz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: brazilian
  • Birth: December 20, 1961

Topics

PeoplePovertyFindGarbageNation

I used to go out wearing any old rubbish, no make-up, nothing, but since mobile phones, that has all had to stop. People do come up to you so often and say hello, or want a photograph, and I just can't do it anymore in what I used to wear. They don't want to be seen hanging off a rabid old granny any more than I do.

Joanna Lumley

PeopleYouStopGoWantNothing

I couldn't do 'Eleanor Rigby' because it was clashing with another project - something I was going to go do - something with Liv Ullmann.

Joel Edgerton

GoProjectSomethingGoingBecause

It was the '50s, and the card catalog and the Dewey Decimal System were in fashion. I hung out in the 812 section - American theater and plays. This is where I first read Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' and was transfixed. I remember staring into space for what seemed an eternity after reading Linda Loman's final speech.

Jeffrey Tambor

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When I look at it now, the whole punk thing is sort of comedy in a weird way.

Simon Cowell

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I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and I found that's the way that works for me. The more energy you have on set, the better you'll be; it's all about being alive in that moment and listening.

Rory McCann

MomentJobTrainingMeEnergyBoat

I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.

Mickey Gilley

PeopleMeNameFamousYouDone

As Real Madrid is a team of stars, Bale would fit perfectly.

Luka Modric

StarsTeamRealWouldFitMadrid

When I was looking for financing while making 'Hellraiser,' I wish there was a studio like Project Greenlight Digital Studios behind me.

Clive Barker

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It's still the height of every four years for me, regardless of Tours de France and everything: it's all about the Olympics.

Bradley Wiggins

MeHeightYearsEverythingFour

I think there's a lesson in everything.

Wyatt Cenac

ThinkLessonEverythingI Think

I don't know whether that comes from having a family - having something very important at home that needed to be protected.

Phoebe Philo

FamilyHomeKnowImportantSomething

Every time I work on a scene or I work on the overall movie, I had my kids unconsciously in mind. Is that going to please them? Is it going to be funny for them? And if it is funny for them, is it going to be funny for their friends and their friends' friends?

Pierre Coffin

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