Martin Parr Quotes
The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.Martin Parr
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During workouts, I listen to Pandora, and I like the '90s pop stations. 'The Backstreet Boys' is fun!
Kacy Catanzaro -
Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
Oprah Winfrey -
The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
Yuan Yuan Tan -
We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children.
Naomi Wolf
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
Pat Robertson -
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
Abbie Hoffman -
I like going to Japan where they treat it like a real sport. I like doing the entertainment stuff with the WWE. I really like doing the small venue stuff, like Ring of Honor, because everything is so intimate. There's different feelings and different experiences, and you have to be good at different things to do all of that.
Daniel Bryan -
My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.
Pat Barker -
I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.
H. P. Lovecraft -
But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
Queen Latifah -
More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
Daniel Barenboim -
I naturally like that dreamy, shoegazey sound on my vocals. A lot of reverb helps, and so do a lot of delay effects on everything.
Washed Out -
Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
Van Morrison -
We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
Abby Wambach -
All of my high school issues are resolved!
Oscar Isaac
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Personally, even though I have a great PR team, no one except my husband and I touch any of my 10 social media accounts. It's a lot of work, but I know that my brand, my image, and my voice are authentic to me.
Coco Rocha -
Meru was the most challenging climb of my life. Not once but twice.
Jimmy Chin -
I always wanted to be part of a movie that creates a different world.
Ansel Elgort -
Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children are absent from their homes for diverse and numerous reasons.
John Walsh -
The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.
Martin Parr