Martin Parr Quotes
I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
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In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I can see my guru playing with me.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy.
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I don't like to play the victim.
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When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.
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I try to be a good father, and my kids are the most important thing in my life.
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When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted.
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I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college.
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If you're a singer, you do concerts, and you get that interaction with fans and see what cities in what part of the world come out to see you. When you're on television, you're removed from that.
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Glasgow has truly become my home away from home.
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We're surrounded by distractions. Whether it's emails, phone calls, text messages, social media notifications, or people entering and leaving your workspace, those distractions end up eating a good portion of your time.
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Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.
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I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos.
