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I never set out to be a photographer.

David Bailey

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
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David Royston Bailey
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
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I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
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Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
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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 was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
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I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.
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In France they don't think I'm difficult.
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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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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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I always go for simplicity.
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