Philippe Perrin Quotes
I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
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Mentorship is really important. I really like to talk to people who have been in the music industry much longer than me about artists' block, things I'm struggling with, or the music business. It's really important for artists to have a community. Sometimes you can feel quite isolated.
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Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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I can look at a photo and the dimensions of any piece and tell you if it's going to sit well with the four other pieces in your room.
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Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.
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It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality.
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I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever.
