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"I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it."
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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

"Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom."
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"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing."

"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved."

"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint."
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"I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence."


"I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied."


"When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist."


"With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing."
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