Pete Hamill Quotes
If you ask me, I think 12-step programs are perfectly valid, can be an enormous help. But it depends on the individual.
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I have self-actualized. Pardon me whilst I adjust my glowing halo.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
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In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
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Maybe guys also have insecurities, but in a sporting arena, they keep it to themselves. I can't do that.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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This movie will actually increase the sex life of parents everywhere because they can put this on, with the 45 minutes of extras and they've got almost two hours to do whatever they've got to do while the kids watch the movie.
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You have to be quite stupid to act.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.
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My husband is a brilliant cook - enthusiastic and good - but he has not mastered the clearing up as you go along.
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The 'Kickin' It' set is so much fun, I find myself in a new adventure every week. I work with an amazing cast and crew.
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Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability.
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If it's taught well, art really is important to kids early on. It helps children develop language and allows them to see themselves in a way that isn't right or wrong, because if they draw an animal with five legs instead of four, nobody's criticizing them for it.
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But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.
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I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.
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I think every brilliant mind is a little bit crazy.
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If you ask me, I think 12-step programs are perfectly valid, can be an enormous help. But it depends on the individual.
