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Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
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I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.
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Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
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I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
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In France they don't think I'm difficult.
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I always go for simplicity.
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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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The skull is nature's sculpture.
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The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.
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The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved.
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People want security in this insecure world.
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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 am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.
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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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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
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I don't think global warming is to do with us, I think it's a natural circle. I don't think a few Ferraris make that much difference.
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