Martin Parr Quotes
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People take things so seriously.
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.
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The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.
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I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.
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I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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I was president of the schools in junior high and high school, got a scholarship to New York University, played a little basketball, and was a celebrity.
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Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world, I want to be the one to walk in the sun.
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When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.
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I had the idea to do an anthology about instrument-making.
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Acting came easy to me, I think. There's something about it that's a lot easier for me in the sense that you're playing someone else. In music, you're giving somebody 'you.' Being able to do that and being willing to share that is an entirely different thing.
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I just go out and try to make sense of the world around me.
