Martin Parr Quotes

Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.

Martin Parr

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• I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Life
  • Time
  • Important

• I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Life
  • Live
  • Trying

• I was unbelievably lucky.

  

  Wendy Hiller
  • Lucky
  • Unbelievably

• Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • People
  • Freedom
  • Opinions

• A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Good
  • Out
  • Indignation

• I think nowadays, women are breaking the borders or the boundaries and also trying to give a new interpretation in terms of impact you can have to the society.

  

  Yang Lan
  • Women
  • Trying
  • Society

• We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.

  

  Pat Summitt
  • People
  • Life
  • Fear

• Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

  

  Ilya Ehrenburg
  • Character
  • Today
  • Knowledge

• Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.

  

  Yael Grobglas
  • Fun
  • Films
  • Fact

• So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.

  

  Jackie Cooper
  • Age
  • Picture
  • Learn

• I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Money

• You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Care
  • Honor
  • Contempt

• As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Help
  • Think
  • Chance

• There's no sex in Middle Earth.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Earth
  • Sex
  • Middle

• We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.

  

  Yuan T. Lee
  • World
  • Good
  • Business

• I like to think of myself as very loyal, and I love everyone I surround myself with, whether they're friends or girlfriends or whatever.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Friends
  • Think
  • Like

• One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Work
  • Great
  • Society

• A lot of people don't want to deal with the effort needed to secure your bitcoins. That's why we started to build Gemini, which is a U.S.-based exchange with compliance - it's NASDAQ, E-Trade and DTC built into one.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
  • People
  • Why
  • Want

• Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and choosing to be curious about other people.

  

  John Bytheway
  • People
  • World
  • Unique

• If we all took a little more time to get to know people, I think it would change the whole temperament of the world.

  

  Guy Fieri
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• To be happy, one only must be able to confront, which is to say, experience, those things that are. Unhappiness is only this: the inability to confront that which is.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Experience
  • Happy

• The first thing I do each morning is get out of bed and give my dog, Audrey, a hug. She's a Jack Russell. I think having an animal is a wonderful thing, particularly dogs. They are great levelers, there's no nonsense with them, and they just want simple affection.

  

  Donatella Versace
  • Great
  • She
  • Simple

• Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.

  

  Robert Smith The Cure
  • Up
  • Why

• Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.

  

  Martin Parr
  • World