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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Honestly, at times, I still get bored. 'Dancing with the Stars' kept me busy, and that's what I like. When I first started fighting, I was working two jobs, and I was still going to school at the same time while training. I'm meant to be a busy person.
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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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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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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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Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.
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Henry James and Edith Wharton are huge for me because they gave me a way to understand America while still respecting the European backgrounds of my relatives.
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I think the Oscar is the big money award; that means you've made it in a money sense. The Tony has always represented - to me, and most actors that I've talked to - an artistic award. It means you're an artist and not just a popular performer.
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We on our part will stick to our independent foreign policy of peace, acting forever as a strong defender of world peace and a persistent proponent of common development.
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The people want to go back to the time when democracy was in full bloom.
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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.
