Bob Peterson Quotes
I was a Charles Schulz kind of guy. I didn't read comics books. The Warner Bros. guys were great - Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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Life is too short to be on a diet.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
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Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.
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This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next, and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.
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When you talk about a character on a situation comedy, it's not just the actor. It's the writers, too.
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Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.
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The greatest communicators have unknowingly used a story pattern. They not only use anecdotes effectively, but their communication followed a persuasive story pattern of tension and release. That tension and release is created by contrasting [what is] with what could be as a structural device.
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I never thought that tailoring was something that normal people did; I just thought that it was something that guys who had suits made of Italian silk depended on, and I wish someone had told me what a difference tailoring makes!
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The way Disney characters move, they're very kind of slow and fluid and flowing; one pose kind of eases into the next. If you look at a show like 'The Simpsons' and subsequently a show like 'Family Guy' - the characters will jerk from pose to pose a lot, a bit more snappy. Which sort of goes along with the writing tone of the show.
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I was a Charles Schulz kind of guy. I didn't read comics books. The Warner Bros. guys were great - Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng.
