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" Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and knowing nothing about Picasso, I had the audacity to knock on his door, became his friend, and took thousands of photographs, of him, his studios, his life and his friends. "

David Douglas Duncan

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" Gandhi was a strange guy. There was this simplistic manner; but nobody knows what it cost to provide the simple life of Mohandas Gandhi. Nobody. He traveled on a train by himself. "

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" Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam were perfect for Lyndon Johnson: 220 million against 18 million, water buffalo and all. No risk, really. "

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" With Germany conquered, the Kremlin checkmated, Japan converted, it became easier - safer - to peek around looking for someone to fear... and maybe do something about. Ideally, somebody far away, from a country about which almost nothing was known. "

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" Today, Japan is one of the few countries in the world where one hears laughter everywhere. "

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" So many people are exploiting the name Picasso - and, in a way, even the estate is doing it. "

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" After I left the Marines in '46, I wanted to stay in the Marines; I was very happy - I loved that life. "

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" The major economies are not American anymore. They are Asian and South American. "

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" The Marines in Korea never feared 'friendly fire' or artillery coming from the South Koreans - from their allies - like they did later in Vietnam, fighting with the South Vietnamese. The Koreans could be trusted. "

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" My only rule: I never photographed the face of the dead, ever, out of respect for the families. "

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" I was a war correspondent in Korea. I did a book on it: 'This is War.' "

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