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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The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days - an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time.
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I think everyone's got an obstacle in their career that they have to challenge. I think, in a way, that pushes you to prove who you are.
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I am the despair of my accountant; I am the plastic bags of receipts.
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Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.
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I encourage everyone I know that whether it be in their workplace, whether it be in a political arena or within their own families, to do what their gut tells them to do. And that involves calling it like they see it and tackling the tasks that are at hand and not worrying so much what other people are thinking or saying about them.
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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.
