Quotes of: Capitol-hill Keyword

We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when everything is slick and professional. The interesting things are the dull things.

Martin Parr

I like to keep in touch with younger photographers. It's important that a younger generation comes up and questions the assumptions made by old farts like me.

Martin Parr

Most of us, when we go out with a camera in our own country, try to find exotic subject matter to photograph.

Martin Parr

In New York, you have the street; in the U.K., we have the beach. I end up being like a migrating bird, being attracted to it.

Martin Parr

Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.

Martin Parr

Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest taboo subject of all.

Martin Parr

One of the things I regret is that magazines now are so lifestyle-orientated that the opportunity to do bigger projects is gone. This is a serious misjudgment on the part of magazine editors.

Martin Parr

When most members of a community are vaccinated, they protect those who are not by eliminating the viral reservoirs in the population. The effect is known as 'herd immunity.'

Michael Specter

People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.

Michael Specter

I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.

Murray Walker

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.

Neil Armstrong

I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.

Neil Armstrong

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.

Neil Armstrong

Each book holds an experience and an adventure." [ ; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]

Neil Armstrong

Is there Gawker ethics? I mean, I guess there's Gawker ethics. It's a dangerous thing to talk about.

Nick Denton

Web media needs to move to TV metaphor - with full-screen imagery and other content interrupted with full-screen ads.

Nick Denton

I'm all about the high heel; I think it's the sexiest accessory ever made, including lingerie.

Nina Garcia

If my closet were burning, it'd be my collection of jackets I would save - they always make me feel pulled-together.

Nina Garcia

I think New York is the center of fashion, even though L.A. has a lot of heritage and the glamour of Hollywood.

Nina Garcia

Don't be afraid to mix things up by pairing a military-style jacket with a velvet skirt, vintage with modern, off-the-rack with couture, formal with casual.

Nina Garcia

Look, the thing that's going to make Disneyland unique and different,' he insisted, 'is the detail. If we loose the detail, we loose it all.

Neal Gabler