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Margaret Bourke-White Quotes: We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.
         

We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.


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Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.



Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.



A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.



To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.



Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.



The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.



If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.

If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.



If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.



"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."



Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.





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Each of us is the real star. We all are so close but still so far i this sky called ground. We all shine, though the light the others see is the one that our actions left in the past.



You can't tell the audience — well, you can, but I don't like to tell the audience — that anything they're watching doesn't matter.

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I don't think arrested-adolescent humor will fade. Maybe the form will change, but I guarantee its replacement will still be based in immature behavior from mature figures.

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The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.



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For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?

For what can power give more than food and drink, To live at ease, and not be bound to think?



People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

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