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He probably was mediocre after all, though in a very honorable sense of that word.


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SALLY MANN I was just taking pictures to see what they looked like. Just for the fun of it. It wasn't about...
SALLY MANN You start blocking out things, and that's a really important part of taking a picture is the abi...
SALLY MANN When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living condit...
SALLY MANN I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity...
SALLY MANN When I read something, I picture that scene in that detail. That becomes very similar to composing a...
SALLY MANN Each time you take a good picture, you have the wonderful feeling of exhilaration... and almost inst...
SALLY MANN In 1962 I wrote for 'Jazz News,' using the pseudonym Manfred Manne, which I picked because o...
MANFRED MANN The age of 18 seemed the right time to try something different in my life. Moving to the U.K. was a ...
MANFRED MANN I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the coun...
MANFRED MANN The Bourbon King was first ambassador of reason and human happiness.
HEINRICH MANN More will sometimes be demanded of you than is reasonable. Bear it meekly, and exhaust your time and...
HORACE MANN Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.
HORACE MANN To pity, distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
HORACE MANN The Forgotten Arm. I don't know if we'd do an acoustic thing or bring the band back or what we'd do ...
AIMEE MANN We recorded the band pretty much live.
AIMEE MANN I'm not into music as a consumer. A songwriter should share their outlook with a measure of honesty,...
AIMEE MANN Something isn't right ? I don't know how I know,
AIMEE MANN I really wanted the record to have a ... feel of an era,
AIMEE MANN I don't think it's really a term you would come across in boxing. I have a friend who is a boxer who...
AIMEE MANN You pay to get radio play, pretty much, ... and you get what you pay for. It's not really a level pl...
AIMEE MANN The guy's a Vietnam vet and a boxer, but he's also a drug addict, and she's trying to get away from ...
AIMEE MANN Listen, I'm out of this system, man, I'm out... I'm doing better than ever. I couldn't be more happy...
AIMEE MANN I feel really special, I do. No matter how temporary it may be. You're only as cool as your last coo...
AIMEE MANN It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.
BARRY MANN You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
BARRY MANN