Ellis Peters Quotes
the success of a holiday depends on what you find for yourself on the spot, not what you bring with you.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
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The effect of sanctions on the Russian economy are clear to everybody, first to the Russians and to the Russian leadership, and the surroundings of the Russian leadership, the circle that is close to the Russian political leadership.
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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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With a film, you just don't have time to build sympathy for the character. But I think we're moving away from that in TV. With TV, you have a little more leeway to allow them to rise and fall and rise again and be much more complicated beings.
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Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
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You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a monetary base.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.
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When Pakistan was carved out of India's rib in 1947, it was assumed by some that Bollywood's Muslim stars would defect to the new state and thus boost the Lahore film industry. But Lollywood did not happen.
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I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
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I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
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You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
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The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead.
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I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.
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If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort, to your own attitude, to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other people's, then that must feel pretty good.
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We know we can't stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we could try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence.
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the success of a holiday depends on what you find for yourself on the spot, not what you bring with you.
