Martin Parr Quotes
I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.
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Awards don't really mean much.
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The ox suffers, the cart complains.
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I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.
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It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan.
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Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.
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Don't be afraid to look silly.
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The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
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I'm interested in all forms of performance, yet I think it's difficult to be as equally talented in all of them as they call for such different skills. At the moment, I still feel I'm learning and want as much experience and variety as possible.
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I love the way they look. I love the way they feel. I love saying the word again and again: Jeggings! Jeggings! Jeggings!
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People usually spend the first two months playing themselves up, not really being themselves. You waste those two months - and then they tell you, 'You're not who I was dating the first month!'
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Our Heavenly Father is far more merciful, infinitely more charitable, than even the best of his servants, and the Everlasting Gospel is mightier in power to save than our narrow finite minds can comprehend.
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I think I've interviewed probably 1,500 people in my 24-year business career.
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Government is the thing. Law is the thing. Not brotherhood, not international cooperation, not security councils that can stop war only by waging it... Where does security lie, anyway - security against the thief, a bad man, the murderer? In brotherly love? Not at all. It lies in government.
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I would like to stress that the obligation of being Queen has always been driven by joy. The joy is rooted in the warmth that has met me and my family everywhere through every year, in celebration and joy as in sorrow, in the so-called 'big days', as well as in everyday life.
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My objection to Liberalism is this—that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind—namely, politics—of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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I think the people of New York have done a pretty great job with coming together for Sandy relief.
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There are all sorts of despicable people who journalists have done interviews with, and it's been useful. Isn't more information better than less information?
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I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the end.
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Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man.
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All of us want to be Superman when we grow up, fighting for truth and justice. That's part of what drives me as a writer.
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I've always wanted to be a brooding, deep, dark artist, but I can never keep that facade going for more than 15 minutes.
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You are the mountain, you are the rock You are the cord and you’re the spark You are the eagle, you are the lark You are the world and you’re remarkable You’re the ocean eating the shore You are the calm inside the storm You’re every emotion, you can endure You are the world and the world is yours. ((The World as I See It))
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I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.
