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“Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity; be intensely yourself. Don't try to be outstanding; don't try to be a success;don't try to do pictures for others to look at- just please yourself.”
Source : Ralph Steiner (1978). “A point of view”, Wesleyan
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“Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.”
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“Pardon me, Highness, a women waits whithout." "Whithout what?”
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“It's pretty easy to make a film in China. A few years ago I just walked into the office and let them know I wanted to make a movie called 'Red Cliff' and they were so excited. They said, 'Let's do it!' It's that simple.”
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“In every life there is a perfect moment, like a flash of sun. We can shape our days by that, if we will - before by faith, and afterward by memory.”
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“The place of charity, like that of God, is everywhere.”
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“One man's constant is another man's variable.”
Source : Alan J. Perlis (1975). “Introduction to computer science”
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“My future starts when I wake up every morning.”
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“When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier.”
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“If you want to call me a bigot, fine.”
