"I tried to see that every picture was better-looking than the person."

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Source : James Van Der Zee (1969). “The world of James Van DerZee: a visual record of Black Americans”

James Van Der Zee

#Persons Quotes

“When I was on tour, people would say "We don't need a value-based currency, we can go out and buy gold and silver with US dollars now." I mean that it is so utterly brain dead, because they miss the whole point: the reason we need to have a gold and silver based currency is to bring discipline to the financial system so the government can't go out and do all sorts of bad things.”

Source : Source: www.wherestherage.com
“Donald Trump became seen as a credible businessperson with a real track record, even though that was at odds with reality.”
“Sometimes old things need to go away. That way, we have room for the new things that come into our lives.”
“I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.”

Source : "My favourite table". Interview With Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2007.
“Surely it is an odd way to spend your life - sitting alone in a room with a pen in your hand, hour after hour, day after day, year after year, struggling to put words on pieces of paper in order to give birth to what does not exist, except in your head. Why on earth would anyone want to do such a thing? The only answer I have ever been able to come up with is: because you have to, because you have no choice.”
“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.”

Source : FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Feb 09, 2012
“We get a feeling, if we can, about what we think the company is worth.”
“Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe ... that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.”

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