"The pictures from the first professional photo session that the young David Beckham submitted himself to are extraordinary. He has a barely suppressed smile, as though he and the cameraman are complicit in the understanding that this is not yet David Beckham we see and that there is an element of deceit in selling the photographs as such"

-- Julie Burchill

#Understanding Quotes #Deceit Quotes #Elements Quotes

“A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.”
“For a Catholic kid in parochial school, the only way to survive the beatings - by classmates, not the nuns - was to be the funny guy.”
“If you really want to make a lot of money, start your own religion.”
“The mind will enchain yourself, others or both. Your heart will set you / them free”
“The ultimate aim of politics is not politics, but the activities which can be practised within the political framework of the State. Therefore an effective statement of these activities e.g. science , art , religion is in itself a declaration of ultimate aims around which the political means will crystallise ... a society with no values outside of politics is a machine carrying its human cargo, with no purpose in its institutions reflecting their care, eternal aspirations, loneliness, need for love .”
“A human and a bicycle are the perfect synthesis of body and machine.”
“I rely on a lot of green drinks to get my vegetables.”
“Sometimes buying the ugly work is the thing that you know you should do.”

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