Pete Ploszek Quotes
Acting very quickly became a dream of mine, but the acting game privileges youth. It takes a while to build credits and, because of that, it's not the kind of career you can jump into in your 40s or 50s. The ship sets sail by then.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
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I've had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I've had jokes stolen from me in the club when I'm next on stage. And my brain will start to turn, and the gears will start turning, and I'll go onstage and create a whole new bit.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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Jesus made clear that the Kingdom of God is organic and not organizational. It grows like a seed and it works like leaven: secretly, invisibly, surprisingly, and irresistibly.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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It's good to kind of get away from the star treatment.
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My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.
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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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The impressionists, Debussy, Faure, in France, did take a few steps forward.
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Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human condition. He was not a balletomane looking for an alternative world to escape into. Dance offered him a display in which he could find, after much searching, certain human secrets.
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Making a film is like making a mixtape. You're collecting all this stuff and putting your favorite stuff into it: you have actors that you like, characters that you're interested in, moments you want to explore, themes you want to deal with, music that you want to put in. It's a pastiche of all these things that deal with how you see the world.
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Acting very quickly became a dream of mine, but the acting game privileges youth. It takes a while to build credits and, because of that, it's not the kind of career you can jump into in your 40s or 50s. The ship sets sail by then.
