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Martin Parr Quotes

We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when everything is slick and professional. The interesting things are the dull things.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: photographer
Nationality: british
Birth: May 23, 1952

Topics

Live World Interesting Professional

Probably the biggest challenge for me as a director was to not show how scared I was. I was surrounded by some of the most talented people in the industry, and I had to pretend I knew what I was doing.

Challenge People Me Doing Director

The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear and racial bias.

Michael Ignatieff

Fear War World Tyranny Bias Racial

We're all pretty ordinary on paper.

Pretty Ordinary Paper

With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting or with an interesting person or group of people.

Character People Interesting Person

For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.

Power Diversity People Black America

I always have dashi in my refrigerator - it's the almighty Japanese ingredient.

Masaharu Morimoto

Always Japanese Refrigerator Almighty

Most journalists are idiots.

Milo Yiannopoulos

Idiots Most Journalists

I would love to do a comedy, but comedy probably in the sense of a dark comedy like 'Californication,' that sort of thing. Yeah, sure, I think I'm funny.

Funny Love Think Comedy Dark Sure

My California sunrise, there's a real mist in the air. I think of the mountains. You can smell the farm fields. You can smell the dirt and the lights and the whole sun.

Mountains Sunrise Sun Think You

I've been so lucky - I worked with Jason Reitman twice, who has always been a really strong advocate for my voice, and has always really respected the scripts that I've brought him and is just the coolest.

Voice Strong Lucky Him Always Twice

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faith Step Staircase First Step You

For the first time in my life I feel important. I'd like to have five babies.

Life Time Feel My Life Important

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