Martin Parr Quotes
My black-and-white work is more of a celebration, and the color work became more of a critique of society.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.
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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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Science is about unravelling nature.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
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I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.
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But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
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As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym that look like we're breaking the machines. Pushing our bodies to the limits is what makes us so strong and capable and Olympians. It's not an easy thing to consistently do over and over again to your body.
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Today, we have sophisticated building technology: we can calculate and simulate the environments and performance of the building, the thermal exposure of envelop, or the air flow through an urban space or structure.
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It seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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Endeavor to work as hard as possible to attain a new aim with each day that comes by. Don't go to bed until you have achieved something productive.
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Concussions happen. If not on every play, then they happen like every other, every third play, you know.
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My black-and-white work is more of a celebration, and the color work became more of a critique of society.
