Irving Penn Quotes

Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one they would like to show to the world... Every so often what lies behind the facade is rare and more wonderful than the subject knows or dares to believe.

Irving Penn

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PeopleWorldBelieveFaceThink

It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question everything all the time, but I can't do it and I won't do it.

Joey Skaggs

LifeFaithTimeQuestionEverything

Sigourney Weaver was one of the nicest lady actors I have ever met. So friendly about everything.

Jeremy Howard

LadyEverythingFriendlyMetAbout

If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in states where gay marriage is legal to enjoy the same economic advantages that federal laws now grant to straight couples? Or is it a 'conservative' ruling, limiting the federal government's ability to override state power?

Jeff Greenfield

MarriagePowerGovernmentLegalGay

You get people coming up to you and asking about movies, especially in Chennai, which is nice.

Amy Jackson

PeopleYouNiceMoviesUpAsking

No one can compare us to the apartheid regime. It's not like in South Africa between the blacks and the whites who belong to the same nation, or in Berlin where you find parents living on the eastern side and their children in the western side.

Silvan Shalom

ChildrenParentsYouFindLiving

My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

ExperienceMenChildhoodWifeMe

We Brazilians, happily or unhappily, leave a lot to the last minute.

Romario

LeaveMinuteLastLotHappily

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.

Rumi

HomeKissGoGroundAgainGo Home

Many people, companies, and organizations are trying to protect the past at any cost. We see this regularly in business as the incumbent vs. innovator fight, but I think it's more profound than that. It's literally a difference in point of view.

Brad Feld

BusinessPastFightPeopleThink

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

Bruce Springsteen

GoodLookingYouOverShoulderYour

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

Arthur Baer

Little ThingsFaceYouLittleBig

Deep down, everybody wants to do what they want to be doing. They just feel that they can't.

Antony Garrett Lisi

DeepFeelDoingDownWantJust

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