Martin Parr Quotes
By default, I am a travel photographer. I work on a combination of commissions and personal projects that take me around the world.
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The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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The degree that these scenes went to... there was a couple of days I was upset... I'd have to hurry back to the girls in the makeup trailer and have a bit of a cry because it messes with your head.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it feels that much worse on the way out.
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You can tell a lot about a person by the people who work for them.
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We can make aircrafts that can navigate a maze of hallways.
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I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with.
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I view myself as a dealmaker.
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There are times I felt insecure or not sure: I'm unsure of myself, or I get nervous, but nerves are good. I try and embrace all those things. I try and embrace the times where I'm not sure of myself or I'm like, 'Is this going to work? Is this going to land?'
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By default, I am a travel photographer. I work on a combination of commissions and personal projects that take me around the world.
