Ellis Peters Quotes
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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Your heart can only take you so far - sometimes the physical body tells you otherwise.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
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If literature isn’t everything, it’s not worth a single hour of someone’s trouble.
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Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we may diet.
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I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
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I'm always looking for something that tells me a little bit about what it means to be human. That's how I measure the success of any artistic endeavor.
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as roads go, the road home is as good as any.
