James Van Der Zee quotes
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“I tried to see that every picture was better-looking than the person.”
-- James Van Der ZeeSource : James Van Der Zee (1969). “The world of James Van DerZee: a visual record of Black Americans”
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“Being an artist, I had an artist's instincts.You can see the picture before it's taken; then it's up to you to get the camera to see”
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“It's a hard job to get the camera to see it like you see it. Sometimes you have it just the way you want it, and then you look in the camera and you don't have the balance. The main thing is to get the camera to see it the way you see it.”
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“Somebody would come in and say, I never take a good picture. I'd say, Why not? You've got two eyes, a nose, and a mouth like everybody else.”
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“You will not be the same person coming out of a relationship as you were going into it.”
Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.73, Penguin
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“I'm not the type of person that is forced.”
Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
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“Every person is, in part, 'his own project' and makes himself.”
Source : Abraham H. Maslow (2013). “Toward a Psychology of Being”, p.175, Simon and Schuster
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“When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.”
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“The power and the potency of music will transcend any one person's opinion about it.”
Source : "Adam Levine: 'People thought Maroon 5 were a boy band'". Interview with Mark Savage, www.bbc.com. August 5, 2014.
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“My mother's a pretty warm, open person.”
Source : "SUNDANCE FUTURES | “Pariah” Actress Adepero Oduye". Interview with Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. January 24, 2011.
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“My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.”
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“What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.”
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“Your not reliable. You wouldn't be at all a comfortable sort of person to live with.”
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