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Vik Muniz: I'd rather want everything and have nothing, than have everything and want nothing. Because at least when you want something your life has a meaning: it's worthwhile. From the moment you think you have everything, you have to search for meaning in other things. I spent half my life wanting everything and having nothing; and now I have everything and I don't want anything.
Vik Muniz: These days I'm starting to see things in a simpler way; I don't have as much material ambition as I used to. When I was poor I only wanted material things: I just wanted to have things. I had to buy a lot of crap to get rid of that complex
Vik Muniz: These days I'm starting to see things in a simpler way; I don't have as much material ambition as I used to. When I was poor I only wanted material things: I just wanted to have things. I had to buy a lot of crap to get rid of that complex
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I'd rather want everything and have nothing
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than have everything and want nothing
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Because at least when you want something your life has a meaning
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it's worthwhile
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From the moment you think you have everything
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you have to search for meaning in other things
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I spent half my life wanting everything and having nothing
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And now I have everything and I don't want anything
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These days I'm starting to see things in a simpler way
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I don't have as much material ambition as I used to
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When I was poor I only wanted material things
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I just wanted to have things
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I had to buy a lot of crap to get rid of that complex
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Movie Summary
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill, where men and women sift through garbage for a living. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives.