Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with … - Gordon Parks

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I've never played anyone who didn't like themselves. I don't care if they're unattractive, but it's important that they think of themselves as attractive. And I guess that's part of their charm.

Gordon Parks

Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with legends that are consuming and all but impossible to live up to.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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