10 Quotes & Sayings By Lynsey Addario

Lynsey Addario is a photographer and the author of the book "Where Men Win Glory: Afghanistan." She has traveled to more than sixty countries and has seen firsthand the effects of war. Her work has appeared in TIME, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, GQ, Newsweek, Le Monde Diplomatique, PBS NewsHour, Foreign Policy Magazine, Foreign Policy, Mother Jones, Beliefnet.com, Oprah.com. Book excerpts have been read on National Public Radio's "Fresh Air" and "Weekend Edition" shows. She is the subject of the film "Where Men Win Glory" by directors Gabe Polsky and Cory McAbee.

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He spoke Spanish, English, Italian, and just enough of every other language to be able to charm women around the world. Lynsey Addario
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I wanted to make people think, to open their minds, to give them a full picture of what was happening in Iraq so they can decide whether they supported our presence there. Lynsey Addario
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I am sure there are other versions of happiness, but this one is mine. Lynsey Addario
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I never wanted to regret the kisses I missed. Lynsey Addario
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I never want to regret the kisses I missed. Lynsey Addario
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As a war correspondent and a mother, I've learned to live in two different realities. It's not always easy to make the transition from a beautiful London park filled with children to a war zone, but it's my choice. I choose to live in peace and witness war- to experience the worst in people but to remember the beauty. Lynsey Addario
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My strength is looking for composition and light, and I think those things come in the quieter times of war or photographing people affected on the margins of war - civilians, refugees; that is where I really excel. Lynsey Addario
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Nothing seemed more important to me than to make the world aware of the senseless death and starvation in South Sudan. I wanted people to see through the eyes of the suffering so my photos might motivate the international community to act. Lynsey Addario
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I was kidnapped by Sunni insurgents near Fallujah, in Iraq, ambushed by the Taliban in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, and injured in a car accident that killed my driver while covering the Taliban occupation of the Swat Valley in Pakistan. Lynsey Addario