Martin Parr Quotes
I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.
Martin Parr
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
Faith Hill
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
Adam Ant
Adam and the Ants
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
Yul Brynner
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
Maiara Walsh
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Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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I find a pregnant body to be beautiful and an incredible reminder of what a woman's body is made to do.
Kourtney Kardashian
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The drab brown front of the house made it look as if it had been built from rusty spare parts. Someone always put lace curtains in the windows of dreary houses, and Nick was unsurprised to see the curtains making their attempts in every window of this place. There was a china garden gnome on the doorstep, wearing a desperate, crazy smile. "It's not so bad," Alan said. "You never take me nice places anymore, baby." said Nick, and was mildly gratified by Alan's ring of laughter, like a living bell that had been caught by surprise when it was struck.
Sarah Rees Brennan
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Finding a technical cofounder would have been difficult for me. I was an English major and didn't know any computer programmers.
Jessica Livingston
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There are a great number of Mexicans who live every day worried about the lack of employment and opportunities. Those conditions also damage the image of Mexico abroad, and that is the Mexico that must be transformed.
Enrique Pena Nieto
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It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'
Bernie Mac
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I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.
Martin Parr