Martin Parr Quotes
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I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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Every wall is a door.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
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Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time.
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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
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I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you.
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Novelists get to say plenty in their massive tomes; rock singers only get four-minute songs with two verses and a chorus' worth of lyrics, and so there's a real pleasure in accessing the intelligence behind the music, even if it doesn't qualify as 'great literature.'
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Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.
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I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.
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It's a very enticing, very seductive place, but once you get to know what L.A.'s really like, you don't want to live there.
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Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1 or A2.
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Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.
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Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.
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We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.
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New York has become an example of everything that is wrong with America. White Americans, fearing the crime and social alienation in New York City, commute endless hours to raise their families in safe, clean neighborhoods. The numbers of non-Americans, especially those from the Third World, are growing, and it is the hard working White New Yorker that pays the bill.
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Dress how you're comfortable. Wear the makeup that you're comfortable in - or don't wear it.
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You need to talk to people, and you need to hear what it is they have to say.
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Schadenfreude is so nutritious.
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Weather is real. It is absolutely real: when it rains, it rains – you get wet, there is no question about it. It is also true about weather that you can’t control it; you can’t say if I wish hard enough it won’t rain. It is equally true that if the weather is bad one day it will get better and what I had to learn was to treat my moods like the weather.
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I would drown in objects if I didn't have the ability to photograph them.
