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I've always been a bit flip.

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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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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
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The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
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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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I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
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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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A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
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