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.

Martin Parr

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Customer loyalty comes from consistent experience. They learn to count on you.

Jimmy John Liautaud

LoyaltyExperienceLearnCustomer

A lot of disc jockeys make the mistake of thinking that they're sex symbols, and then they get a rude awakening. But I always realised that I was a service industry.

Jimmy Savile

ServiceMistakeThinkingSexRude

In many ways, the longer I live, I understand that there are so many things outside my control. That's why I believe faith is such a big part of the story. There are so many things that were orchestrated by God, that were put into place to make this perfect storm, that created Linsanity.

Jeremy Lin

LiveGodFaithStormControlStory

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from falling hands we throw.

John McCrae

HandsYouFallingUpTakeThrow

I write the way I write.

Robert Kirkman

WayWriteI Write

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.

Angela Carter

CultureOpinionThinkScarsAngels

Obviously, we live in a society where ageing is feared. But, to me, the alternative to getting old isn't that great. I've got friends much older than me and much younger, and I love that. It means you get to teach as well as learn.

Stella McCartney

LoveLiveGreatMeSocietyLearn

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Tom Peters

YouExpectGiveGetLotPrune

Fragile egos are put on the line every day.

Mary Lou Retton

DayEvery DayLineFragileEvery

I've never been one to throw clubs, break clubs, or use bad language on the golf course. I've played with golfers who've done that, and I really hate to see it. If I did something like that, my dad would come get the putter and hit me upside the head with it. I knew better.

Lucas Black

HateMeLanguageBetterGolfBad

Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.

Joshua Waitzkin

LifeBalanceMePhilosophyIntention

You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.

Bryan Clay

YourselfStepToughPushYouFind

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