"After I discovered my degree in photojournalism would only get me a job in a camera store, I taught myself lighting. I read tons of magazines and books and studied the photos trying to figure out how they were done. I bought some flash equipment and played around until I figured out how to make a subject look as I envisioned it should look."

-- Peter Menzel

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“Imagine if you had access to data that allowed you to rank on a scale of overall happiness which people in your life made you the happiest. â€¦ Would you make more time for those people?”
“They told me I would find it difficult to find work because of the way that I look and they weren't wrong. [laughs] I thought, "Well, I'll prove you wrong" because I genuinely believed that the world was a more diverse place than they perhaps viewed it to be.”

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“Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by the indigenous Semitic and Indo-European inhabitants.”
“The individual is losing significance; his destiny is no longer what interests us.”
“By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe.”
“I know what I say; I understand my mission and business. God Almighty is my shield; and what can man do if God is my friend?”
“Man may be doomed to loss, sorrow, and desolation, but if he tries his strength and will, however briefly, upon the indifferent vast hostility of the elements, he rages against futility and asserts his right of being”
“Stephen Harper is probably the most dangerous human being ever elevated to power in Canada.”

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