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Curious how often you Humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.

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Leonard Nimoy
Age: 83 †
Born: 1931
Born: March 26
Died: 2015
Died: February 27
Actor
Film Actor
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Photographer
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Leonard Simon Nimoy
Humans
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Curious
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I know where Im going, and I know where Ive been.
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But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.
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When you let me take I'm grateful. When you let me give I'm blessed.
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Most of my images have been done in-studio, under very controlled lighting conditions. There have been a few that have shot in nature, but even then they were shot almost exclusively at night, and again, under controlled lighting conditions.
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You create your own life and your work. Give us your best.
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My memory of those places is better than my pictures. That's why I get much more satisfaction out of shooting thematic work that has to do with an idea that I'm searching for, or searching to express.
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Because I have been lonely, I value love.
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That's the most difficult issue for me - to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I'm prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject.
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I became enamored with photography when I was about 13 or 14 years old. I've been at it ever since. I studied seriously in the '70s.
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My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien.
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In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.
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I use a computer. I don't know if that qualifies me as a techie, but I'm pretty good on the computer.
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Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected, in this case I would think interesting would suffice.
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The book tour has been really interesting and very gratifying. I have not book toured before. I've never had quite as much pleasure, as much satisfaction.
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Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is. We were surrounded by two very important elements: academia and the arts. I was surrounded by theater, music, dance, museums. And I learned how to sail on the Charles River. So I had a great childhood in Boston. It was wonderful.
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Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. Help a friend.
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The camera can capture thought in a way that's quite surprising and shocking. You can become very simple and minimal in your work and communicate a lot with just a finger or an eyebrow, or a look, or a glance.
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