Martin Parr Quotes
I like to keep in touch with younger photographers. It's important that a younger generation comes up and questions the assumptions made by old farts like me.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with that. You're might be the only person in the history of the universe that connects with that particular pulse of energy.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.
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The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.
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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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We've got great potential in our country and the only way we're going to make sure kids are getting the degrees that they need, make sure we're getting through that red tape, is by working together.
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We become lovers when we see Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet makes us students. The blood of Duncan is upon our hands, with Timon werage against the world, and when Lear wanders out upon the heath the terror of madness touches us. Ours is the white sinlessness of Desdemona, and ours, also, the sin of Iago.
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Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.
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My ex-husband and I, even though we're not together, we are 100 percent together in raising our kid. We communicate a lot and where I drop the ball and need him to pick it up or vice versa, he's there.
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There is definitely a 'red carpet moment' to a bride's wedding day, but when designing for bridal, it is important to focus on the details that will captivate and capture the imagination of the bride - she has to fall in love with the gown.
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I like to keep in touch with younger photographers. It's important that a younger generation comes up and questions the assumptions made by old farts like me.
