Pete Hamill Quotes
Too many people take New York for granted. The primary reason is that history is not taught. That's outrageous in a city where the past is still visible.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. Once insure that the air in a house is stagnant, and sickness is certain to follow.
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If liberalism is to mean anything at all, it is duty bound to support without hesitation the dissenting individual over the group, the heretic over the orthodox, innovation over stagnation, and free speech over offense.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
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My best friend is my husband.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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Writers aren't in competition with one another. It isn't a zero sum game. If you have a good book, a good cover, a good product description, and a low price, you can sell well.
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Your boyfriends might be angry, my girlfriends might be blue. But no one can deny it, from now on I love you.
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I'm beyond the normal person. I'm not your everyday Joe.
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I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.
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I want my music to be everywhere, I want it to be heard. I want to give people an opportunity to enjoy my music, and maybe even hear about this beautiful truth that's in it.
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There's a clip where he had someone miming me running around from keyboard to keyboard. Oh dear, I am sure a lot of people didn't know what he was going on about.
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Too many people take New York for granted. The primary reason is that history is not taught. That's outrageous in a city where the past is still visible.
