Martin Parr Quotes

I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.

Martin Parr

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• I feel like I personally have been lucky.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Like
  • Feel
  • Lucky

• So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

  

  Ed Gillespie
  • War
  • Strong
  • Leadership

• The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.

  

  Candace Kita
  • Fun
  • Kid
  • Favorite

• I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
  • Up
  • Sports

• I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it on the side of the track for four minutes, it would be perfect.

  

  Laura Trott
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Today

• I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

  

  Osric Chau
  • Try
  • I Can
  • Filmmaking

• Whether you like the look or not, that tailcoat is a tough shell, a suit of armour. The posh boy is a hardy species.

  

  Laura Wade
  • Boy
  • Look
  • Tough

• It's interesting to note that all revolutionary literature was written by pastors. These guys were involved in a revolution against the mightiest power that the world had ever seen.

  

  Randall Terry
  • World
  • Power
  • Interesting

• Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books.

  

  Pat Brown
  • Good
  • Books
  • Less

• I took physics, and lo and behold, there's a lot of physics in 'Lost.' I think for most people, liberal arts educations are more abstract, but for me, it's been a chance to apply the things I've learned more directly. I also took some Folklore and Mythology classes, and I think that a lot of that influenced me.

  

  Carlton Cuse
  • People
  • Lost
  • Chance

• I remember playing on pretty much an all-minority youth team and going to some of the tournaments north of Cincinnati and not being able to stay with host families where all the other teams were staying with host families.

  

  Barry Larkin
  • Remember
  • Pretty
  • Team

• I embrace everything about Ally... I don't particularly see her as a whiner. One week she's tough, the next she's really weak. I love that. She's human.

  

  Calista Flockhart
  • Human
  • Really
  • Tough

• They thought I was crazy in Mexico when I said, 'I'm going to Hollywood.' Nobody thought I could make it.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Crazy
  • Thought
  • Hollywood

• Furnishing a home is no different than going into the studio and making music. You want to make sure you've pared down all the extra details so that in the end, every stitch has a context uniquely yours.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Music
  • Different
  • Home

• We would not think of allowing a man to determine a woman’s life merely because a fetus he helped create was in her womb; then why would we allow a woman to determine a man’s life merely because a fetus he helped create is in her womb?

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Life
  • Why

• Much there is I can stand, and most things not easy to suffer I bear with quiet resolve, just as a god commands it. Only a few I find as repugnant as snakes and poison - These four: tobacco smoke, bedbugs, garlic, and †.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • God

• In not more than a month’s time terror will assume very violent forms, after the example of the great French Revolution; the guillotine... will be ready for our enemies... that remarkable invention of the French Revolution which makes man shorter by a head.

  

  Leon Trotsky
  • Time
  • Great
  • Revolution

• Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.

  

  Anais Nin
  • Life
  • Together
  • Action

• Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.

  

  George Eliot
  • Experience
  • Dream
  • Waking

• I love to get inspiration from everywhere.

  

  Anne-Marie
  • Inspiration

• I'm pragmatic. If this is going to make sense, get me a job, and in the end let me put my kids through school. I'll play killers. But my kids always ask me, 'Do you die in this one, too, Daddy?'

  

  Colm Feore
  • School
  • Job
  • Kids

• People have been wonderful to me in the good times and the bad, and I've come to believe that you do indeed reap what you sow. For those who constantly gripe about life, I turn and walk away. For those who speak negatively about people behind their backs, I move on.

  

  Bob Losure
  • People
  • Believe
  • Wonderful

• With Yeltsin, the Soviet Union broke apart, the country was totally mismanaged, the constitution was not respected by the regions of Russia. The army, education and health systems collapsed. People in the West quietly applauded, dancing with and around Yeltsin. I conclude therefore that we should not pay too much attention to what the West is saying.

  

  Mikhail Gorbachev
  • People
  • Constitution
  • Dancing

• I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.

  

  Martin Parr