"Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work."

-- William Klein

#Photography Quotes #Being Yourself Quotes #Looks Quotes

“I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod.”
“He -it- was a specter! I stepped back, stunned.”
“He's got one of the best chins I've ever hit in my life. I was catching him and he was smiling at me, he was eating them. He's a great fighter, he'll be champion one day.”
“I believe that Godâ€”if he exists at allâ€”is what we want him to be. The true God is unknowable, and so we dress him up in costumes that make him visible to us. Then we come up with a lot of very silly rules that we attribute to him and tell everyone if they don't follow those rules, they can't be part of the gang.”
“But shortcuts are dangerous; we cannot delude ourselves that our knowledge is further along than it actually is.”
“I've never really taken anything very seriously. I enjoy life because I enjoy making other people enjoy it.”
“...people of old deemed freedom from greed precious, and this is how they got beyond the world.”
“Being on daytime TV has its benefits. You can still have a life and you know you have a check coming every week.”

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