David Bailey
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey, CBEis an English fashion and portrait photographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth2 January 1938
type shocked
I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
flip bits
I've always been a bit flip.
used
I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.
amazing-places london curious
If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
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We had a total of four structure fires that were of significant size, actual buildings that were caught on fire. And none of those were as the result of fireworks or grass fires.
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Unfortunately West Virginia has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the country. We were looking for something that we could do for our kids and wanted to find something they would actually do.
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We did sort of score a touchdown today, but the thing is you know the battles not even half over yet.
achievement acts count feels figures heart lives thinks thoughts time
We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
events field knew lead tough track
We knew we have to get a big lead in field events. We just can do what we can do tomorrow. (Vikings) are tough in the track events.
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I just thought it was magic that you could stick a bit of paper in some coffee-type liquid and a picture comes out.
bit fashion wrong
There's nothing wrong with being a fashion photographer, but it's a bit limited.
people
It always amazes me when people ask you to do something and then tell you how to do it.
beaten eight five inside instead parachute putting soon sort spend
Instead of putting someone in prison for being a hooligan, give him a choice. He may have beaten someone up and he's got eight years, but tell him you can do eight years inside or spend five years in the Army. Put him in the Parachute Regiment, they'd soon sort him out.
desperate laid money success
In New York, everyone's desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London they're more laid back about things like that.