David Bailey Quotes
I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.
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It's those damn critics again.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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I'm not a great fan of monarchy in general, but I have to say the Danish monarchy is closer to the people; it's not as stuffy as the English one.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours a day.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing up for battle. How is mascara or eyeliner going to help me win?
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Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a pair of brown corduroys like mine instead of this awful, boring blue denim.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.
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Love is boundary-less.
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I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.
