"I think what it was with the war photography was the concerned eye, the desire to document these situations to show the world the horrors of war. It inspired me to document prostitution; inspired me to document homelessness in America. We are the richest country in the world, yet we have people suffering, so it helped me to look at things in that manner."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Jamel Shabazz

#Photography Quotes #Country Quotes #War Quotes

“We dream â€” it is good we are dreaming â€” It would hurt us â€” were we awake â€” But since it is playing â€” kill us, And we are playing â€” shriek â€” What harm? Men die â€” externally â€” It is a truth â€” of Blood â€” But we â€” are dying in Drama â€” And Drama â€” is never dead â€” Cautious â€” We jar each other â€” And either â€” open the eyes â€” Lest the Phantasm â€” prove the Mistake â€” And the livid Surprise Cool us to Shafts of Granite â€” With just an Age â€” and Name â€” And perhaps a phrase in Egyptian â€” It's prudenter â€” to dream â€””
“Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.”
“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”

Source : Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.12
“You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs. In the so called age of faith, when men really did believe the Christian religion in all its completeness, there was the Inquisition, with its tortures; there were millions of unfortunate women burnt as witches; and there was every kind of cruelty practised upon all sorts of people in the name of religion.”
“Whoever would have guessed that in the land of cheap sausages and mashed potatoes there could be such a change which would actually bring the French from Paris every weekend to invade Britain en masse to eat great food and drink great wine.”
“In the works of Lucretius, we find two reasons why we shouldn't worry about death. If you have had a successful life, Lucretius tell us, there's no reason to mind its end. And, if you haven't had a good time, "Why do you seek to add more years, which would also pass but ill?"”
“I'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognizes... because of a nose job.”

Source : "Let's Get Nosy: Who's Had a Nose Job in Hollywood?", www.foxnews.com.
“I just go at my own pace and I like control of the TV and I like to decide when I take a shower and wash the dishes and stuff like that. So I don't know who would want to live with me to be honest!”

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