Pete Hamill Quotes
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Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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A storytelling device teaches. I hate to say it that way, because kids tune out. I don't teach on purpose, but I'm glad that it happens sometimes.
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There are terrible things going on in the world, but I am not going to force them down everyone's throats.
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I'm a bed monster.
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In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.
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Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.
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I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.
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We are absolutely clear: when these unaccompanied minors have a family link in the United Kingdom, then they must go to the United Kingdom. And they must go quickly and in an efficient fashion.
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Just as humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and having a superior consciousness, so women have a prior right to existence over men. The elimination of any male is, therefore, a righteous and good act, an act highly beneficial to women as well as an act of mercy.
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You still get the movies made. A filmmaker can always scrape up money to do a movie. The passion drives it. And you'll get the money. Money's the easiest thing. But the hardest thing is finding a way for people to see your movie.
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The replenishing thing that comes with a nap - you end up with two mornings in a day.
