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Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along.


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I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.



The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.



I feel it is the heart, not the eye, that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter.

I feel it is the heart, not the eye, that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter.



Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.



At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.



Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness.

Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness.



You have a 45mm automatic pistol on your lap, and I have a 35mm camera on my lap, and my weapon is just as powerful as yours. (To Black Panther militant Eldridge Cleaver)

You have a 45mm automatic pistol on your lap, and I have a 35mm camera on my lap, and my weapon is just as powerful as yours. (To Black Panther militant Eldridge Cleaver)



I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.

I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.



If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.

If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.



The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.





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She wanted to be remembered for doing something great. And her greatest fear was of being completely forgotten.



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The only constant in the technology industry is change.



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My job is designing shoes. It's work that happens behind the scenes, as they say, and that suits me just fine because in general I am a shy person. But sometimes I have these extroverted outbursts.

My job is designing shoes. It's work that happens behind the scenes, as they say, and that suits me just fine because in general I am a shy person. But sometimes I have these extroverted outbursts.



In order to be great, you have to learn from greatness, which is what I have tried to do.

In order to be great, you have to learn from greatness, which is what I have tried to do.



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I think Republicans really need to be disciplined, to stay focused on sustained economic growth.



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The memories you have are just recordings of things past, not chains to bind you.



India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.

India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.




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