Pete Hamill Quotes
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When we manage a restaurant, we start making money from the first day. When we own a place, it's often five years before we earn the first penny that is clean of debt.
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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
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Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
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The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'
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For all its flaws, 'The Hands of Orlac' really is a seminal film, and if you're partial to that particular B-movie subgenre of Demon Body Parts, you really ought to see it.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
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Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations.
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I wouldn't just lay my voice on anything. But I'd love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example.
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For me, New York is comfortable, not strange.
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The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.
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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?
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I've been dancing since I was seven, but I never really developed a regimen until I was on Broadway and responsible for a professional performance every night.
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'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.
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I have two cats at home in Minnesota with my family. Beau and Skippy.
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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Behind me is infinite power, before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity.
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The Church at its worst is still better than the world at its best!
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I'm not the type of person who dwells too much on bad things.
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I would love to get in trouble with the Catholic Church. I'm not religious myself, but my issue is with the organization. It's an organization of men - it's not about faith.
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New York is essentially a bazaar, not a Presbyterian church.
