Martin Parr Quotes
Margaret Thatcher was very good for the arts in so far as it gave people a real focus for something to be against.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
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Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
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To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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Investment in training is a huge necessity for knowledge-based corporations.
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Before I was born, my mom and my dad, they used to rescue dogs, so at one point, they had 13 dogs. And they were all from different litters. It wasn't like they were bred. They were all from different people. And they were all different ages. When I grew up at my dad's house, I think we had seven at one point.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.
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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
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I have a little yoga ritual that I do just to move my body around. Whatever I do, it's usually very fast because often I don't have the kind of time that I would like to.
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There are certain battles that you pick. When they're not worth picking, they're laughable stories.
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In London, people can be so... well, it's not even a case of people being unkind or unfriendly. You just don't make any contact in London. You go from A to B with your eyes on the pavement.
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One expects decent people to stand up for the good of all. Decent people shut their doors and hide behind them as decent people do. Massacres could never happen if it weren't for decent people.
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Margaret Thatcher was very good for the arts in so far as it gave people a real focus for something to be against.
