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"I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."
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"I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer."

"I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent."

"I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn't have a darkroom, but that didn't stop me from photographing."

"A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?"

"I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men."
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