I just wanted to have things. I had to buy a lot of crap to get rid of that complex
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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
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
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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.