"Richard Avedon taught me that if you go into a photo session and come out with what you had hoped for, itâ€™s a failure. You need to be surprised if you want it to be magical."

-- Amy Arbus

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“If you have the ability and want it bad enough, do it!”

Source : "Chatting with Damon Wayans, Jr.–The "Let's Be Cops" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.philasun.com. September 8, 2014.
“While change is rarely comfortable, I am happy to say that we not only survived but also grew more capable in the process - seeding much of the information revolution which now pervades the world in which we live.”

Source : Biographical, www.nobelprize.org. June 2005.
“It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.”
“It was the first smile of my life. Of course, that is a ridiculous thing to say; I had been smiled at often, the big man had smiled at me not a minute since. And yet I say: it was the first smile, because it was the first that ever went straight into me like a needle too thin to be seen.”
“Our special task, as French Canadians, is to insert into America the spirit of Christian France.”
“Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.”
“The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.”
“Figure out who you are separate from your family, and the man or woman you're in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that's the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self because with that, you can do anything else.”

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