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People want security in this insecure world.

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
Security
World
People
Insecure

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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
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It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.
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My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
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Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.
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It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
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Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.
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I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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I don't feel very optimistic in London.
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I've always been a bit flip.
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In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed to escape unscathed though, I'm pretty good at that.
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I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
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I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
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I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to hang around and wait for the light.
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My paintings are rubbish.
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Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
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The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.
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I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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