David Bailey Quotes
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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Every time I watch a Clint Eastwood film, I'm in touch with my feminine side, I've developed a searing man-crush on Clint Eastwood.
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The current approach that psychiatry takes almost ignores social worlds in which mental health problems arise and tries to become highly biomedical like other branches of medicine such as cardiology or oncology. But psychiatry has to be far more embedded in people's personal and social worlds.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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This country is going to implode, or put another way, it's going to get crushed under the weight of poverty. You can't have one percent of the people who own and control more wealth than the other 90 percent of the population.
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I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.
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I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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No business in the world has ever made more money with poorer management.
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If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to teach my daughter Chloe at an early age about investing and money so she's not afraid of it.
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I do want to be good at what I do, sometimes for a lot of money and sometimes for none.
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When you cook a sausage, the skin sometimes breaks and the ground meat comes apart.
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To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
